The third partial skeleton of a late Pliocene hominin (Stw 431) from Sterkfontein, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 99, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Toussaint, Michel ^a,b   Macho, Gabriele A ^b,c   Tobias, Phillip V ^b   Partridge, Timothy C ^d   Hughes, Alun R ^e  

^a Direction de l'Archéologie   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; PLIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141635219     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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