Discovery of a second human molar and cranium fragment in the late Middle to Late Pleistocene cave of Ma U'Oi (Northern Vietnam)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-402

  Demeter, Fabrice ^a,b   Bacon, Anne Marie ^c   Nguyen, Kim Thuy ^d   The Long, Vu ^d   Duringer, Philippe ^e   Roussé, Stéhane ^e   Coppens, Yves ^a   Matsumura, Hirofumi ^f   Dodo, Yukio ^g   Nguyen, Mai Huong ^d   Tomoko, Anezaki ^h  

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

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Institute of Archaeology   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h Primate Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaic Homo; Late Middle Late Pleistocene; Ma U'Oi cave; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 20144373038     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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