Evolution of early Homo: An integrated biological perspective

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6192, 2014, Pages

  Antón, Susan C ^a   Potts, Richard ^b   Aiello, Leslie C ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; TIMESCALE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TOOTH SIZE; VEGETATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; ORGAN SIZE; SKULL; TOOTH;

AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; DIET; ECOLOGY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 84903703142     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1236828     Document Type: Review

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