The pattern of hominin postcranial evolution reconsidered in light of size-related shape variation of the distal humerus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-109

  Lague, Michael R ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Australopithecus; Early Homo; Geometric morphometrics; Multivariate regression; Paranthropus

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; PARANTHROPUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907284911     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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