The current state of Korean paleoanthropology

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 803-825

  Norton, Christopher J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens; Archaic Homo sapiens; Handaxes; Homo erectus; Korean Paleolithic; Movius Line; Paleoanthropology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

KOREA;

ANIMALIA; GALIUM APARINE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0034091232     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0390     Document Type: Article

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