Estimation of stature from the skeletal reconstruction of an immature Neandertal from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-473

  Kondo, Osamu ^a,d   Dodo, Yukio ^a   Akazawa, Takeru ^b   Muhesen, Sultan ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Institutes for the Humanities International Research Center for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

^c Department of Antiquities and Museums ^*  (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomical method; Dederiyeh cave; Neandertal infant; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH RATE; NEANDERTHAL; SKELETAL REMAINS;

DEDERIYEH CAVE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034092543     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0347     Document Type: Article

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