Longevity, death and encephalisation among Plio-Pleistocene hominins

International Congress Series

Volumn 1296, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-15

  Tobias, Phillip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demography; Encephalisation; Hominin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745117947     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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