Evaluating the use of pairwise dissimilarity metrics in paleoanthropology

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-477

  Gordon, Adam D ^a   Wood, Bernard ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha taxonomy; Conspecificity; Hominins; Shape; STET

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ALPHA TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMININS; LOG SE(M); METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; S(LR); SHAPE; STET;

ALPHA TAXONOMY; CONSPECIFICITY; HOMININS; LOG SE(M); S(LR); SHAPE; STET;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84884587594     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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