Eco‐geographic adaptations in the human ribcage throughout a 3D geometric morphometric approach

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: García Martínez, Daniel, Nalla, Shahed, Ferreira, Maria Teresa, Guichon, Ricardo Anibal, D'Angelo del Campo, Manuel D., Bastir, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Veterinary and Human Toxicology
• Subjects: ALLEN´S RULE; BERGMANN´S RULE; INUIT- TIERRA DEL FUEGO COLD ADAPTATION; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; THORAX; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6; Greenland; Martínez; Alaskan Inuit; inuit; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/112124

Objectives: According to eco-geographic rules, humans from high latitude areas present larger and wider trunks than their low-latitude areas counterparts. This issue has been traditionally addressed on the pelvis but information on the thorax is largely lacking. We test whether ribcages are larger i...