Systematic assessment of a maxilla of Homo from Hadar, Ethiopia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-262

  Kimbel, William H ^a   Johanson, Donald C ^a   Rak, Yoel ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dentition; Palatefacial morphology; Pliocene hominids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENTITION; HOMINID; MAXILLA; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGON; DENTITION; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; TIME;

EID: 0030971061     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199706)103:2<235::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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