Quantifying mental foramen position in extant hominoids and Australopithecus: Implications for its use in studies of human evolution

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1337-1349

  Robinson, Chris A ^a   Williams, Frank L ^b  

^a BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Hominoid evolution; Mandibular morphology; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMININ; GORILLA; INCISOR; MALE; MENTAL FORAMEN; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXONOMY; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 77955644573     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21171     Document Type: Article

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