Brief communication: Evidence of pathology on the frontal bone from Gongwangling

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 565-568

  Caspari, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; early Homo; paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE LESION; CHINA; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; HOMINID; HUMAN;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; CHINA; FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030936625     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199704)102:4<565::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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