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Biology and Body Size in Human Evolution: Statistical Inference Misapplied [and Comments and Reply]

1996; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/204505

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Richard J. Smith, Gene H. Albrecht, John Damuth, M. Di Bacco, Mikael Fortelius, Philip D. Gingerich, Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael R. Sutherland, William L. Jungers, Steven R. Leigh, Mark D. Leney, Robert Foley, William R. Leonard, Marcia L. Robertson, Walter Leutenegger, Henry M. McHenry, Robert D. Martín, David J. Pilbeam, J. Michael Plavcan, P. E. Wheeler, Barry Wood, M Collard,

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Previous articleNext article No AccessBiology and Body Size in Human Evolution: Statistical Inference Misapplied [and Comments and Reply]Richard J. Smith, Gene H. Albrecht, John Damuth, Mario Di Bacco, Mikael Fortelius, Philip D. Gingerich, Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael R. Sutherland, William L. Jungers, Steven R. Leigh, Mark D. Leney, Robert A. Foley, William R. Leonard, Marcia L. Robertson, Walter Leutenegger, Henry M. McHenry, Robert D. Martin, David Pilbeam, J. Michael Plavcan, P. E. Wheeler, B. A. Wood, and M. CollardRichard J. Smith, Gene H. Albrecht, John Damuth, Mario Di Bacco, Mikael Fortelius, Philip D. Gingerich, Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael R. Sutherland, William L. Jungers, Steven R. Leigh, Mark D. Leney, Robert A. Foley, William R. Leonard, Marcia L. Robertson, Walter Leutenegger, Henry M. McHenry, Robert D. Martin, David Pilbeam, J. Michael Plavcan, P. E. Wheeler, B. A. Wood, and M. CollardPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 37, Number 3Jun., 1996 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/204505 Views: 25Total views on this site Citations: 101Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1996 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jérémy Duveau From footprint morphometrics to the stature of fossil hominins: A common but uncertain estimate, L'Anthropologie 126, no.44 (Sep 2022): 103067.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2022.103067James D. Pampush, Edward J. Fuselier, Gabriel S. 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