Geometric variation of the frontal squama in the genus Homo: Frontal bulging and the origin of modern human morphology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-323

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Athreya, Sheela ^b   De La Cuétara, José Manuel ^a   Marks, Tarah ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

frontal bone; human evolution; morphometrics; neurocranium

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL BULGING; FRONTAL SQUAMA; GENUS; GEOMETRY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872339992     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22202     Document Type: Article

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