Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: A cautionary note

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 581-585

  Millard, Andrew R ^a   Pike, Alistair W G ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HOMINID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URANIUM;

EID: 0033124079     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0302     Document Type: Article

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