Evolution of middle-late Pleistocene human cranio-facial form: A 3-D approach

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 445-464

  Harvati, Katerina ^a,b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b   Gunz, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Face; Geometric morphometrics; Homo heidelbergensis; Neanderthal; Occipital; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 77958177900     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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