Modern human origins: Continuity, replacement, and masticatory robusticity in Australasia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-82

  Antón, Susan C ^a   Carter Menn, Hannah ^a   DeLeon, Valerie B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; Mandibular architecture; Masticatory biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIUM; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AUSTRALASIA; POINT HOPE; UNITED STATES;

CRANIA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 78649452132     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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