The TD6 (Aurora stratum) hominid site. Final remarks and new questions

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 695-700

  Bermudez De Castro J M ^a   Carbonell, E ^b   Caceres I ^b   Diez J C ^c   Fernandez Jalvo Y ^a   Mosquera, M ^b   Olle A ^b   Rodriguez J ^a   Rodriguez X P ^b   Rosas, A ^a   Rosell, J ^b   Sala, R ^b   Verges J M ^b   Van Der Made, J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human evolution in Europe; Pleistocene; Sierra de Atapuerca

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342368244     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0334     Document Type: Article

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