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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Main Author: Dembo, Mana
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31432