Sexual dimorphism in the size and shape of the os coxae and the effects of microevolutionary processes

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-177

  Betti, Lia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; obstetrical constraints; pelvis; population history

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HIP; HIP SHAPE; HIP SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PELVIS; PUBIC BONE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CLIMATE; OBSTETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; PELVIS; POPULATION HISTORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 84892577557     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22410     Document Type: Article

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