Allometry of head and body size in holocene foragers of the south african cape

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-471

  Kurki, Helen K ^a   Pfeiffer, Susan ^b,c   Stynder, Deano D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

body mass; body proportions; Later Stone Age; stature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FORAGING; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS; SKELETON; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ILIUM; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857236247     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22024     Document Type: Article

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