Human cannibalism in the Early Pleistocene of Europe (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 591-622

  Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^a   Diez J C ^b   Cáceres, Isabel ^c   Rosell, Jordi ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Aurora Stratum'; Atapuerca; Cannibalism; Early Pleistocene; Gran Dolina; Homo antecessor; Human behaviour; Human remains; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ANTECESSOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037946406     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0324     Document Type: Article

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