First Neanderthal remains from Greece: The evidence from Lakonis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-473

  Harvati, Katerina ^a   Panagopoulou, Eleni ^b   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ephoreia Paleoanthropology/Speleol   (Greece)

Author keywords

Initial Upper Paleolithic; Middle Upper Paleolithic transition; Neanderthal dental morphology; South eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

NEANDERTHAL; NEW RECORD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346394348     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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