Nonpathological asymmetry in LB1 (Homo floresiensis): A reply to Eckhardt and Henneberg

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-342

  Falk, Dean ^a   Hildebolt, Charles ^b   Smith, Kirk ^b   Brown, Peter ^c   Jungers, William ^d   Larson, Susan ^d   Sutikna, Thomas ^e   Prior, Fred ^b  

^a School of Advanced Research   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 78349278514     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21392     Document Type: Short Survey

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