Post-cranial skeletons of hypothyroid cretins show a similar anatomical mosaic as Homo floresiensis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Oxnard, Charles ^a   Obendorf, Peter J ^b   Kefford, Ben J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDONESIA; MOSAICISM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DWARFISM; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HYPOTHYROIDISM; SKELETON; SKULL;

HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DWARFISM; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDONESIA; MOSAICISM; SKELETON; SKULL;

EID: 77958563252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013018     Document Type: Article

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