Extraterrestrial evidence on the age of the hominids from Java

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 595-600

  Langbroek, Marco ^a   Roebroeks, Wil ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; PALEONTOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0034164539     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0394     Document Type: Article

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