Basicranial architecture and relative brain size of Sts 5 (Australopithecus africanus) and other Plio-Pleistocene hominids

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 182-186

  Spoor, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BRAIN SIZE; CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID;

SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN; TRANSVAAL;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; CRANIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030858580     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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