A Case of Marked Bilateral Asymmetry in the Upper Limbs of an Upper Palaeolithic Male from Barma Grande (Liguria), Italy

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-38

  Churchill, Steven E ^a   Formicola, Vincenzo ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hominid palaeontology; Humerus; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002786394     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199701)7:1<18::AID-OA303>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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