Developmental stress and cranial hypostosis by epigenetic trait occurrence and distribution: An exploratory study on the Italian Neandertals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-527

  Manzi, Giorgio ^a   Vienna, Alessandro ^b   Hauser, Gertrud ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epigenetic traits; Hypostosis; Italian Neandertals; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HYPOSTOSIS; NEANDERTHAL; ONTOGENY;

ITALY;

EID: 0030446683     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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