Functional Morphology of the Neandertal Scapular Glenoid Fossa

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-179

  Macias, Marisa E ^a   Churchill, Steven E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Neandertal

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GLENOID CAVITY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; ORANGUTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GLENOID CAVITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; NEANDERTHALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919740479     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23072     Document Type: Article

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