Diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry of the Boxgrove 1 Middle Pleistocene human tibia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Trinkaus, Erik ^a,b   Stringer, Chris B ^c   Ruff, Christopher B ^d   Hennessy, Robin J ^e   Roberts, Mark B ^e   Parfitt, Simon A ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homo; Middle Pleistocene; Postcrania; Thermal adaptation; Tibia

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE;

BOXGROVE; SUSSEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032882380     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0295     Document Type: Article

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