A one-million-year-old human pubic symphysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Bondioli, Luca ^a   Coppa, Alfredo ^b   Frayer, David W ^c   Libsekal, Yosief ^d   Rook, Lorenzo ^e   Macchiarelli, Robert ^f  

^a Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Age and sex determination; Danakil; Eritrea; Late Early Pleistocene; Pubic symphysis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION;

EID: 33644861556     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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