Early modern human remains from eastern Asia: The Yamashita-cho 1 immature postcrania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-314

  Trinkaus, Erik ^a,b   Ruff, Christopher B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early modern humans; Femur; Human paleontology; Postcrania; Tibia

Indexed keywords

FEMUR; HOMO; MORPHOLOGY; POSTCRANIAL SKELETON; TIBIA; YAMASHITA-CHO 1;

EID: 0030456102     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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