A re-evaluation of the metric diversity within Homo erectus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-313

  Kidder, James H ^a   Durband, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo erectus; Ngandong; Sambungmacan; Sangiran; Speciation; Species; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CRANIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 1842480147     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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