The human cranium from Bodo, Ethiopia: Evidence for speciation in the Middle Pleistocene?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-39

  Rightmire, G Philip ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Archaic" Homo sapiens; Craniofacial morphology; Homo erectus; Homo heidelbergensis; Human evolution; Species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002096779     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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