Morphological affinities of the proximal ulna from Klasies River main site: Archaic or modern?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-237

  Churchill, S E ^a   Pearson, O M ^b   Grine, F E ^b   Trinkaus, E ^a   Holliday, T W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Human paleontology; Modern human origins; Ulna

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EVOLUTION; HOMINID; MORPHOMETRY; ULNA;

SOUTH AFRICA, KLASIES RIVER;

EID: 0030485177     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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