Does Allen's rule rule? : a reanalysis of ecogeographic variation in modern human limb proportions
In the late 1970s Derek Roberts presented the first systematic analyses of the impact of climate on human morphological variability. One of his key findings was that humans follow Allen's Rule, which holds that there is a positive correlation between peripheral body part size and temperature...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31432 |