Retrodeformation of the Steinheim Cranium: Insights into the Evolution of Neanderthals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. The Retrodeformation
3.2. Local Displacement
3.3. Principal Component Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Buzi, C.; Profico, A.; Di Vincenzo, F.; Harvati, K.; Melchionna, M.; Raia, P.; Manzi, G. Retrodeformation of the Steinheim Cranium: Insights into the Evolution of Neanderthals. Symmetry 2021, 13, 1611. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091611
Buzi C, Profico A, Di Vincenzo F, Harvati K, Melchionna M, Raia P, Manzi G. Retrodeformation of the Steinheim Cranium: Insights into the Evolution of Neanderthals. Symmetry. 2021; 13(9):1611. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091611
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuzi, Costantino, Antonio Profico, Fabio Di Vincenzo, Katerina Harvati, Marina Melchionna, Pasquale Raia, and Giorgio Manzi. 2021. "Retrodeformation of the Steinheim Cranium: Insights into the Evolution of Neanderthals" Symmetry 13, no. 9: 1611. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091611