The medial pterygoid tubercle in the atapuerca early and middle pleistocene mandibles: Evolutionary implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 102-109

  De Castro, José María Bermúdez ^a   Quam, Rolf ^b,c,d   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^d,e   Gracia Téllez, Ana ^d,e   Arsuaga, Juan Luís ^d,f   Carbonell, Eudald ^g,h  

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

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gran Dolina; Hominin evolution; Mandibular morphology; Sima de los Huesos; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CLADOGENESIS; FOSSIL; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEDIAL PTERYGOID TUBERCLE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PHYLOGENY; SYNAPOMORPHY; TAXONOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84919466941     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22631     Document Type: Article

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