Are Homo sapiens nonsupranuchal fossa and neanderthal suprainiac fossa convergent traits?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 552-563

  Nowaczewska, Wioletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Concavity above the inion; Development; Functional meaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952772673     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21437     Document Type: Article

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