Can enamel microstructure be used to establish the presence of different species of Plio-Pleistocene hominids from Omo, Ethiopia?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 543-576

  Ramirez Rozzi, Fernando ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Enamel microstructure; Omo; Plio Pleistocene hominids; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TOOTH;

ETHIOPIA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032194532     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0250     Document Type: Article

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