On the age of the hominid fossils at the Sima de los Huesos, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: Paleomagnetic evidence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-461

  Parés, Josep M ^a   Pérez Gonzalez, Alfredo ^b   Weil, Arlo B ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Matuyama Brunhes; Middle Pleistocene; Neanderthal; Remanent magnetization; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS;

EID: 0342804249     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200004)111:4<451::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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