The Mauer mandible and the evolutionary significance of Homo heidelbergensis

Geobios

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 687-697

  Rosas, Antonio ^a   Bermúdez De Castro, José M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homo heidelbergensis; Mandible; Mauer; Neandertal trait; Teeth

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; NEANDERTHAL; TAXONOMY;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032466850     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(98)80055-7     Document Type: Article

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