Human evolution in the middle pleistocene: The role of homo heidelbergensis

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 218-227

  Rightmire, G Philip ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo erectus; Homo heidelbergensis; Neanderthals; Phylogeny; Species

Indexed keywords

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 0032221245     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)6:6<218::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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