A fossil stapes from sterkfontein, South Africa, and the hearing capabilities of early hominids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-265

  Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^a,b   Collard, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Hearing; Hominid; Homo habilis; Stapes; Sterkfontein

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO HABILIS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FOSSIL; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPES;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FOSSILS; HEARING; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPES;

EID: 0036008148     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2001.0524     Document Type: Article

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