A re-evaluation of the evidence of human presence during Early Pleistocene times in southeastern Spain;Réévaluation de la présence humaine au Pléistocène inférieur dans le Sud de l'Espagne

Anthropologie

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-450

  Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^b   Toro, Isidro ^c   Espigares, M Patrocinio ^d   Ros Montoya, Sergio ^d   Torregrosa, Vanessa ^a   Pérez Claros, Juan A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontología de Orce   (Spain)

^d Oficina Técnica para el Desarrollo del   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barranco Le n; Cueva Victoria; Early Pleistocene; First human dispersal to Europe; Fuente Nueva; Humeral shaft VM 1960; Morphometry; Oldowan stone tools; Phalanx CV 0; Skull fragment VM 0; Taphonomy; Venta Micena

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TOOL USE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 27744537638     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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