A geometric morphometric analysis of hominin upper second and third molars, with particular emphasis on European Pleistocene populations

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 512-526

  Gómez Robles, Aida ^a,b   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^c   Martinón Torres, María ^c   Prado Simón, Leyre ^d   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Dental anthropology; Dental reduction; Procrustes based methods; Sima de los Huesos

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTITION; FOSSIL; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TAXONOMY;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84865570295     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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