A hominin scaphoid from Sterkfontein, Member 4: Morphological description and first comparative phenetic 3D analyses

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-517

  Kibii, Job M ^a,b   Clarke, Ron J ^a,b   Tocheri, Matthew W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Carpal arch; Thumb; Wrist bone

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 80052265977     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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