Evolution of hominin cranial ontogeny

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-292

  Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Evolutionary developmental paleoanthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Growth; Heterochrony; Heterotopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; DIET; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FACE DEVELOPMENT; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMINID; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOTENY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84855501111     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00013-1     Document Type: Chapter

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