U-series and ESR analyses of bones and teeth relating to the human burials from Skhul

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-334

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Stringer, Chris ^b   McDermott, Frank ^c   Nathan, Roger ^d   Porat, Naomi ^e   Robertson, Steve ^a   Taylor, Lois ^a   Mortimer, Graham ^a   Eggins, Stephen ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early modern humans; ESR dating; Skhul; Skhul II; Skhul IX; Skhul V; U series dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID;

EID: 23844516092     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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