Evolutionary trends of stature in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-333

  Formicola, Vincenzo ^a   Giannecchini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Human Palaeontology; Mesolithic; Stature; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MESOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033103114     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0270     Document Type: Article

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