Thickened cranial vault and parasagittal keeling: Correlated traits and autapomorphies of Homo erectus?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 631-644

  Balzeau, Antoine ^a  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

Author keywords

Cranial vault thickness; Endocranial anatomy; Hominin evolution; Imaging methodologies

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CRANIUM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; NEANDERTHAL;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84877639424     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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