Cranial vault shape in fossil hominids: Fourier descriptors in norma lateralis

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 287-313

  Lestrel, P E ^a   Ohtsuki, F ^b   Wolfe, C A ^c  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CA Wolfe Software Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; INDIA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUROPE; FOSSILS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 77957793647     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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