Global and local perspectives on cranial shape variation in indonesian Homo erectus

Anthropological Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 67-83

  Baab, Karen L ^a   Zaim, Yahdi ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cranial shape; Geometric morphometrics; Homo erectus; Ngandong; Sangiran

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029763854     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.170413     Document Type: Article

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