Long bone shaft robusticity of body proportions of the Saint-Cesaire 1 and Chatelperronian Neanderthal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 753-773

  Trinkaus, Erik ^a,b   Churchill, Steven E ^c   Ruff, Christopher B ^d   Vandermeersch, Bernard ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body proportions; Early modern humans; Neanderthals; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; MORPHOLOGY;

FRANCE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033405426     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0345     Document Type: Article

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