Middle Pleistocene humans from Africa

Human Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Rightmire, G P ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Homo erectus; Homo heidelbergensis; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344445689     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436235     Document Type: Article

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