The morphological affinities of the Plio-Pleistocene mandible from Dmanisi, Georgia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 445-481

  Bräuer, Günter ^a   Schultz, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dmanisi; Early Pleistocene; Homo erectus; Mandible

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS;

HOMO ERECTUS; MANDIBLE; PLEISTOCENE;

GEORGIA, DMANISI;

EID: 0030470499     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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