Facial growth and remodeling in the australopithecines – a review

Katarzyna A. Kaszycka

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.61.05

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Katarzyna A. Kaszycka Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Anthropology, 61-701 Poznan, Poland

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.61.05

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the previous investigations of the facial growth and remodeling patterns of early hominids (the australopithecines), and to present some of the problems that arise from these kinds of analysis.

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