Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7061, 2005, Pages 1012-1017

  Morwood, M J ^a   Brown, P ^a   Jatmiko, ^b   Sutikna, T ^b   Saptomo, E Wahyu ^b   Westaway, K E ^c   Due, Rokus Awe ^b   Roberts, R G ^c   Maeda, T ^a   Wasisto, S ^b   Djubiantono, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Indonesian Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; GEOPHYSICS; PATHOLOGY;

BODY PROPORTIONS; ENDOCRANIAL VOLUME; HOMININS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; STEGODON;

EID: 27144486169     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04022     Document Type: Article

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