Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Topics Community

Article

Size and shape variation in Australopithecus afarensis proximal femora.

Journal of human evolution - 1 Sept 2006

Harmon Elizabeth H

Abstract excerpt

The degree of size and shape variation in the A. afarensis fossil sample has been interpreted in a variety of ways. Size variation has been described as exceeding that of extant hominoids, similar to that of strongly sexually dimorphic hominoids, and best matched to modern humans. The degree of shape variation has been characterized both as great and negligible. Recent fieldwork has increased the proximal femoral...

Topics

Animals
Anthropology, Physical
Female
Femur
Fossils
Genetic Variation
Hominidae
Male
Sex Characteristics

Source

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Identifiers

PMID: 16712903
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.009

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 31 Aug 2026.

Community interpretation

Discuss the evidence

Ask a question, add context or challenge an interpretation. Community activity is separate from scientific evidence strength.

0

discussions

0

replies

Citations encouraged

Claims remain attributable.

No discussion yet

Be the first to add a careful, cited interpretation.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Size and shape variation in Australopithecus afarensis proximal femora.PMID 16712903Read ↗

Testing assumptions of the Gilbert and Gill method for assessing ancestry using the femur subtrochanteric shape.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Geometric morphometric analysis of allometric variation in the mandibular morphology of the hominids of Atapuerca, Sima de los Huesos site.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Lujiatun Psittacosaurids: understanding individual and taphonomic variation using 3D geometric morphometrics.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of the skull of Protoceratops andrewsi supports a socio-sexual signalling role for the ceratopsian frill.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Variation in mandible shape in Thrichomys apereoides (Mammalia: Rodentia): geometric analysis of a complex morphological structure.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Contours of the hominoid lateral tibial condyle with implications for Australopithecus.Semantic proximity Read ↗

3D volumetric muscle reconstruction of the <i>Australopithecus afarensis</i> pelvis and limb, with estimations of limb leverageSemantic proximity Read ↗

Racial variation in the proximal and distal femur: heritability and forensic utility.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Latitudinal and insular variation of skull size in crab-eating macaques (primates, Cercopithecidae: Macaca fascicularis).Semantic proximity Read ↗

Variation in the nasal cavity of baboon hybrids with implications for late Pleistocene hominins.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Functional Morphology of the N eandertal Scapular Glenoid FossaSemantic proximity Read ↗

The relationship of cranial, orbital and nasal cavity size with the morphology of the supraorbital region in modern Homo sapiens.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.