The Middle Pleistocene human tibia from Boxgrove

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 509-547

  Stringer, C B ^a   Trinkaus, E ^b,c   Roberts, M B ^d   Parfitt, S A ^a,d   Macphail, R I ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMO; PLEISTOCENE; TIBIA;

BOXGROVE; ENGLAND; UK; WEST SUSSEX;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032071354     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0215     Document Type: Article

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