Comparative skeletal pathology and the case for conspecific care in Middle Pleistocene hominids

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1435-1438

  Degusta, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neanderthals; Non human primates; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

NEANDERTHAL; PATHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SKELETON;

EID: 0036887468     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0808     Document Type: Article

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