The Vindija Neanderthal scapular glenoid fossa: Comparative shape analysis suggests evo-devo changes among Neanderthals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-285

  Di Vincenzo, Fabio ^a,b   Churchill, Steven E ^c,d   Manzi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Europe; Geometric morphometrics; Human evolution; Late Pleistocene; Neanderthal modern human interactions; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FLOW; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

CROATIA; VINDIJA CAVE;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84856529717     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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