An archaic homo molar from northern Vietnam

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-541

  Demeter, Fabrice ^a,b   Bacon, Anne Marie ^c   Thuy, Nguyen Kim ^d   The Long, Vu ^d   Matsumura, Hirofumi ^e   Nga, Ha Huu ^d   Schuster, Mathieu ^f   Huong, Nguyen Mai ^d   Coppens, Yves ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b Unité Ecoanthropologie et Ethnobiologie UMR 5145 du CNRS   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Institute of Applied Material Science   (Viet Nam)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 15444364716     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423498     Document Type: Article

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