Nonocclusal dental microwear analysis of 300,000-year-old Homo heilderbergensis teeth from Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-457

  Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^a   Bermudez De Castro, J M ^b   Arsuaga, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buccal; Diet; Enamel; Human; Pleistocene; Striation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TOOTH;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 0142115564     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199904)108:4<433::AID-AJPA5>3.3.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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