Description, new reconstruction, comparative anatomy, and classification of the Sterkfontein Stw 53 cranium, with discussions about the taxonomy of other southern African early Homo remains

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-77

  Curnoe, Darren ^a,b   Tobias, Phillip V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Drimolen; Fossil reconstruction; Homo; Sterkfontein; Swartkrans; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA;

HOMO HABILIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 30544449496     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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