ESR analysis of teeth from the palaeoanthropological site of Zhoukoudian, China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Huang, Pei Hua ^b   Wu, Xinzhi ^c   Stringer, Chris B ^d   Thorne, Alan G ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESR dating; Homo erectus; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; HOMO ERECTUS; TOOTH; ZHOUKOUDIAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 0030979865     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0094     Document Type: Article

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