The relative congruence of cranial and genetic estimates of hominoid taxon relationships: Implications for the reconstruction of hominin phylogeny

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 640-653

  Von Cramon Taubadel, Noreen ^a   Smith, Heather F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial regions; Genetic distance; Geometric morphometrics; Hominoidea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; GENETICS; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

HOMINOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84860324816     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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