Craniometric ratios of microcephaly and LB1, Homo floresiensis, using MRI and endocasts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 14043-14048

  Vannucci, Robert C ^a   Barron, Todd F ^b   Holloway, Ralph L ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WellSpan Neuroscience   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMINID; HOMINID; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; YOUNG ADULT;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 80052185712     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105585108     Document Type: Article

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