Earliest humans in Europe: The age of TD6 Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 343-352

  Falguères, Christophe ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^a   Yokoyama, Yuji ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b   Bermudez De Castro, Jose Maria ^c   Carbonell, Eudald ^d   Bischoff, James L ^e   Dolo, Jean Michel ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Combined U series ESR dating method; Early Pleistocene; Gran Dolina

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142052191     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0326     Document Type: Article

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