Evolution at the crossroads: Modern human emergence in Western Asia

American Anthropologist

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-68

  Holliday, Trenton W ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body shape; Modern human origins; Neandertals; Qafzeh Skhul hominids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379548     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2000.102.1.54     Document Type: Article

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