頑丈なアウストラロピテシンの顔:形態遺伝学的視点
1Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106, USA. mam17@po.cwru.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 9, 1999
まとめ
頑丈なオースタロピテシン類は,人間の進化の側面の枝であり,独特の頭蓋骨歯の特徴を持っています. しかし,これらの特徴は,歯の比率から生じ,遺伝学分析とヒト進化の研究を複雑にします.
科学分野:
- 古人類学は,古人類学である.
- 人間進化研究 人間進化研究
- 霊長類の系統遺伝学について
背景:
- 頑丈なオーストラリアオピテキンの進化的位置は依然として議論の余地があります.
- 独特の頭蓋骨歯の特徴は,それらの系統遺伝的関係を推論するために使用されています.
- 以前のクラディスティック分析は,その進化の歴史を解決するのに苦労しました.
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