Inquiries into Neanderthal craniofacial development and evolution: “accretion” versus “organismic” models

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 37-69

  Rosas, A ^a   Bastir, M ^a,b   Martinez Maza C ^a   Garcia Tabernero A ^a   Lalueza Fox, C ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretion model; Bone remodeling; Craniofacial; Geometric morphometrics; Neanderthal; Organismic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045126478     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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