Climate-related variation of the human nasal cavity

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-614

  Noback, Marlijn L ^a,b   Harvati, Katerina ^a   Spoor, Fred ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptation; geometric morphometrics; nose; PLS

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBINATE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CLIMATE; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NASAL CAVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION GROUPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960185568     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21523     Document Type: Article

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