The role of neurocranial shape in defining the boundaries of an expanded Homo erectus hypodigm

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-21

  Baab, Karen L ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Daka; Dmanisi; Geometric morphometrics; Homo heidelbergensis; KNM ER 42700

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); INDONESIA; KENYA;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASIA; CEPHALOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; SKULL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEPHALOMETRY; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; SKULL;

EID: 84960945036     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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