Homo cepranensis sp. nov. and the evolution of African-European Middle Pleistocene hominids;Homo cepranensis sp. nov. et l'évolution des hominidés eurafricains du Pléistocène moyen

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Mallegni, Francesco ^a   Carnieri, Emiliano ^a   Bisconti, Michelangelo ^b   Tartarelli, Giandonato ^c   Ricci, Stefano ^a   Biddittu, Italo ^d   Segre, Aldo ^d  

^a Archaeological Sciences Department   (Italy)

^b Earth Sciences Department   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homo cepranensis; Human evolution; Middle Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

CEPRANO; ITALY; LAZIO;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 0242572323     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0683(03)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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