On the variability of the dmanisi mandibles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bermúdez De Castro, José María ^a   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Sier, Mark Jan ^a,b,c   Martín Francés, Laura ^a  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE REMODELING; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DMANISI MANDIBLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PLESIOMORPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895861734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088212     Document Type: Article

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