The Mousterian child from Teshik-Tash is a Neanderthal: A geometric morphometric study of the frontal bone

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-379

  Gunz, Philipp ^a   Bulygina, Ekaterina ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

developmental simulation; evolution; hominin; procrustes; semilandmarks

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALEOLITHIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; SUBADULT; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84867580443     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22133     Document Type: Article

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