A virtual reconstruction and comparative analysis of the KNM-ER 42700 cranium

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-140

  Bauer, Catherine C ^a   Harvati, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; H. erectus; Virtual reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CEPHALOMETRY; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 84942589203     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/anthranz/2015/0387     Document Type: Article

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