Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 104, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-135

  Schroeder, Lauren ^a,b,c   Scott, Jill E ^c,d,e   Garvin, Heather M ^c,f   Laird, Myra F ^c,g   Dembo, Mana ^c,h   Radovčić, Davorka ^c,i   Berger, Lee R ^c   de Ruiter, Darryl J ^c,j   Ackermann, Rebecca R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

^e METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^f MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^j TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cranial and mandibular variation; Dinaledi hominins; Genus Homo; Geometric morphometrics; Homo erectus; Rising Star

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO ERECTUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85015642790     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.014     Document Type: Article

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