On the reliability of age estimates for human remains at Lake Mungo

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-732

  Gillespie, Richard ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b  

^a Dizzy Heights   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 0034183168     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0398     Document Type: Article

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