The new hominid skeleton from Sterkfontein, South Africa: Age and preliminary assessment

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-298

  Partridge, Timothy C ^c   Shaw, John ^a   Heslop, David ^a   Clarke, Ronald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Hominid; Palaeomagnetic stratigraphy; Sterkfontein

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033165585     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199907)14:4<293::AID-JQS471>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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