Hand and foot remains from the Gran Dolina Early Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 501-522

  Lorenzo, Carlos ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Carretero, José Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Early Pleistocene; Foot; Gran Dolina; Hand; Homo antecessor

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ANTECESSOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033506278     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0341     Document Type: Article

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