Australian Pleistocene variation and the sex of Lake Mungo 3

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 743-749

  Brown, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SKULL;

EID: 0034181504     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0400     Document Type: Article

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