Palaeodemography of the Atapuerca-SH Middle Pleistocene hominid sample

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 333-355

  Bermúdez De Castro, José Maria ^a   Nicolás, María Elena ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Human palaeobiology; Middle Pleistocene; Mortality pattern; Palaeodemography

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

HOMINID; MORTALITY; PALAEODEMOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; TOOTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPAIN; TOOTH;

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

EID: 0031205912     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0110     Document Type: Article

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