A morphological and histological study of the human humerus from Border Cave

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-59

  Pfeiffer, Susan ^a   Zehr, Marie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaic Homo; Border Cave; Histology; Homo sapiens; Humerus; Middle Stone Age; Neanderthal; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003110999     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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