A multivariate examination of the Hexian calvaria

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Durband, Arthur C ^a   Kidder, James H ^b   Jantz, Richard L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Homo erectus; Pleistocene; Variation; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644436958     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040303     Document Type: Article

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