Geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular shape diversity in Pan

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-204

  Robinson, Chris ^a  

^a BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Bonobos; Chimpanzees; Mandibular corpora; Three dimensional shape data

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84863527198     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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