Discovery of an archaic Homo sapiens in Oranjemund, Namibia;Decouverte d'un Homo sapiens archaique a Oranjemund, Namibie

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 813-819

  Senut, Brigitte ^a   Pickford, Martin ^a,b   Braga, José ^c   Marais, Daan ^d   Coppens, Yves ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Ore Reserves Department   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Archaic Homo sapiens; Namibia; Skull cap; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; SKULL;

NAMIBIA; ORANJEMUND;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033931118     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00230-5     Document Type: Article

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