The Neanderthal lower arm

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-410

  De Groote, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Geometric morphometrics; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo sapiens; Radius; Ulna

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC;

HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 80052265047     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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