ESR and U-series analyses of teeth from the palaeoanthropological site of Hexian, Anhui Province, China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-564

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Huang, Pei Hua ^b   Huang, Wanpo ^c   McDermott, Frank ^d   Thorne, Alan ^a   Stringer, Chris B ^e   Yan, Ge ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESR; HOMO ERECTUS; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032096392     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0211     Document Type: Article

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