Femoral curvature in Neanderthals and modern humans: A 3D geometric morphometric analysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 540-548

  De Groote, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Geometric morphometrics; Homo sapiens; Neanderthals; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CURVATURE; GEOMETRY; MEDIEVAL; MESOLITHIC; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PATHOLOGY;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 79953062743     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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