Human Evolution at the Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-24

  Manzi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IsIPUU   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceprano; Cranial morphology; Early Middle Pleistocene; Evolutionary scenarios; Genus Homo

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 2042508972     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10127     Document Type: Review

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