Patterns of covariation in the hominoid craniofacial skeleton: implications for paleoanthropological models.

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Living species are often used as analogues for fossil ones. When this is done, the implicit assumption is made that hominids and living hominoids vary in the same way. This paper addresses the validity of this assumption by comparing patterns of facial variation among humans and African apes. In particular, it addresses three major questions that underlie approaches to reconstructing hominid relationships. First,...

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