The temporal bones from Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). A phylogenetic approach

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 283-318

  Martinez I ^a   Arsuaga, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Middle Pleistocene; Sima de los Huesos; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIA; CRANIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

HOMINID; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SKULL; SPAIN; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SKULL; SPAIN; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME;

SPAIN, CASTILLA Y LEON, BURGOS, SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA;

EID: 0031202605     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0155     Document Type: Article

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