Senescence in European Middle Pleistocene hominids: The Atapuerca evidence

Human Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-98

  Rosas, A ^a   Perez P J ^b   Bone, J ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atapuerca; Life history; Mandible; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0006227522     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436198     Document Type: Article

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