Fossil clavicle of a Middle Pleistocene hominid from the Central Narmada Valley, India

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-16

  Sankhyan, A R ^a  

^a Anthropological Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Middle pleistocene hominids; Narmada Valley

Indexed keywords

CLAVICLE; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; INDIA;

ANIMALS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA;

INDIA, NARMADA VALLEY;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0030975149     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0117     Document Type: Article

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