Incisor labial surface wear striations in modern humans and their implications for handedness in Middle and Late Pleistocene hominids

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-198

  Bax, Jennifer S ^a   Ungar, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Incisor microwear; Modern humans; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009519559     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199905/06)9:3<189::AID-OA474>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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