A complete human pelvis from the middle pleistocene of Spain

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6733, 1999, Pages 255-258

  Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Lorenzo, Carlos ^a   Carretero, José Miguel ^b   Gracia, Ana ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a   García, Nurla ^a   Bermúdez De Castro, José María ^c   Carbonell, Eudald ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FOSSIL; HUMAN; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033587110     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20430     Document Type: Article

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