Cranial discrete traits in the Middle Pleistocene humans from Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Does hypostosis represent any increase in 'ontogenetic stress' along the Neanderthal lineage?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-446

  Manzi, Giorgio ^a   Gracia, Ana ^b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Cranium; Middle Pleistocene; Neanderthal lineage; Ontogenesis; Polymorphic discrete traits; Sima de los Huesos (SH)

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034079597     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0362     Document Type: Article

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