Hominid Cranial Remains from Upper Pleistocene Deposits at Aduma, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^a   Asfaw, B ^b   White, T D ^c  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Rift Valley Research Service Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aduma; Cranium; Homo sapiens; Middle Awash; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SKULL;

EID: 0348050050     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10330     Document Type: Article

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