The age and context of the Tabun I skeleton: A reply to Schwarcz et al

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 849-853

  Alperson, Nira ^a   Barzilai, Omry ^a   Dag, Doron ^a   Hartman, Gideon ^a   Matskevich, Zinovi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MANDIBLE; SKELETON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MANDIBLE; SKELETON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034203391     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0389     Document Type: Article

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