Are human hands and feet affected by climate? A test of Allen's rule

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-140

  Betti, Lia ^a   Lycett, Stephen J ^b   Von Cramon Taubadel, Noreen ^b   Pearson, Osbjorn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

cold adaptation; neutral variation; phenotypic plasticity; selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BONE LENGTH; CHINESE; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOT; FUEGIAN; HAND BONE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INUPIAT (PEOPLE); KHOISAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; NUBIAN (PEOPLE); RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMI (PEOPLE); SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIBIA; TROPIC CLIMATE; ZULU (PEOPLE); ZUNI (PEOPLE); ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HAND; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLIMATE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84938996404     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22774     Document Type: Article

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