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Postcranial Variation

Postcranial Variation is a biological anthropology concept referring to the morphological differences in the skeletal and muscular structures posterior to the skull among human populations, resulting from adaptive, genetic, and environmental influences on locomotion, posture, and climatic stress.

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Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo

Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus, Trenton W. Holliday · Nature · 1997 · 901 citations

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Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

David Lordkipanidze, Tea Jashashvili, Abesalom Vekua et al. · Nature · 2007 · 605 citations

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<i>Australopithecus sediba</i> : A New Species of <i>Homo</i> -Like Australopith from South Africa

Lee R. Berger, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill et al. · Science · 2010 · 592 citations

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Postcranial robusticity in <i>Homo</i>. I: Temporal trends and mechanical interpretation

Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus, Alan Walker et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1993 · 575 citations

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Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids

Jean de Heinzelin, J. Desmond Clark, Tim D. White et al. · Science · 1999 · 502 citations

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    Robert R. Reisz

    University of Toronto, Canada

    14 publications · 525 citations

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    Michael Archer

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    12 publications · 323 citations

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    Richard J. Butler

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 662 citations

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    Kenneth D. Rose

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    10 publications · 414 citations

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    Susan E. Evans

    University College London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 459 citations

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748

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    30 h-index

    85 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    85 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    52 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    24 h-index

    83 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    37 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Field Museum of Natural History

    Chicago, United States

    20 h-index

    30 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    19 h-index

    27 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 122 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    56 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    44 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. Palaeontology

    33 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

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