CT-based study of internal structure of the anterior pillar in extinct hominins and its implications for the phylogeny of robust Australopithecus

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

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16200-16205

  Villmoare, Brian A ^a   Kimbel, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FACIAL BONE; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPOMORPHY; TRABECULAR BONE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PHYLOGENY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 80053650256     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105844108     Document Type: Article

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