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The microevolution of modern human cranial variation: implications for hominin and primate evolution.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
von Cramon-Taubadel Noreen
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Reconstructing the evolutionary history of fossil human taxa is heavily reliant on the ability to extract phylogenetic information from patterns of morphological variability. However, attempts to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships from craniodental data in extant primates have yielded inconsistent and inconclusive results. OBJECTIVE: To critically evaluate a recent body of research, conducted within...
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