New late-Pleistocene uranium-thorium and ESR dates for the Singa hominid (Sudan)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 507-516

  McDermott, F ^a   Stringer, C ^b   Grun R ^c   Williams, C T ^b   Din, V K ^b   Hawkesworth, C J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESR dating; Hominid; Singa; U Th dating; U Th isochrons

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; SINGA HOMINID; URANIUM/THORIUM DATING;

SUDAN;

EID: 0030429193     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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