The bony labyrinth of Neanderthals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-165

  Spoor, Fred ^a   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b   Braun, Marc ^c   Zonneveld, Frans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bony labyrinth; Neanderthals; Pleistocen hominins; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL;

EID: 0037305717     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(02)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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