Effects of brain and facial size on basicranial form in human and primate evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Bastir, Markus ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   Stringer, Chris ^b   Manuel Cuetara J ^c   Kruszynski, Robert ^b   Weber, Gerhard W ^d   Ross, Callum F ^e   Ravosa, Matthew J ^f,g  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f University of Missouri   (United States)

^g FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basicranial flexion; Craniofacial evolution; Geometric morphometrics; Multiple multivariate regression; Thin plate splines

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SKULL;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77952745913     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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