Surface modifications of the Sima de los Huesos fossil humans

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 191-217

  Andrews, Peter ^a   Fernandez Jalvo, Yolanda ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Bone breakage; Canidae; Carnivore chewing; Felidae; Human behaviour; Human remains; Scavenging; Skeletal elements; Taphonomy; Trampling; Ursidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; URSIDAE; CARNIVORA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORE; FELIDAE; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; SCAVENGING; TAPHONOMY; URSIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CARNIVORA; DENTITION; FOSSIL; FOX; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARNIVORA; DENTITION; FOSSILS; FOXES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

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

EID: 0031204348     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0137     Document Type: Article

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