A geometric morphometrics comparative analysis of Neandertal humeri (epiphyses-fused) from the El Sidrón cave site (Asturias, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-66

  Rosas, Antonio ^a   Pérez Criado, Laura ^a   Bastir, Markus ^a   Estalrrich, Almudena ^a   Huguet, Rosa ^b   García Tabernero, Antonio ^a   Pastor, Juan Francisco ^c   Rasilla, Marco de la ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humerus; Neandertal; Sexual dimorphism; Trait polarity

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMERUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMERUS; MALE; NEANDERTHALS; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84928694679     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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