The human cranial remains from Gran Dolina Lower Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 431-457

  Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a   Lorenzo, Carlos ^a   Gracia, Ana ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^b   Alonso, Oscar ^a   Gallego, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Cranium; Gran Dolina; Homo antecessor; Lower Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO ERECTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343134571     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0309     Document Type: Article

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