Evolutionary trends in the temporal bone in the neandertal lineage: A comparative study between the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca) and Krapina samples

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-317

  Martínez, Ignacio ^a,b   Quam, Rolf ^b,c   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Krapina; Neandertal; Sima de los Huesos; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MASTOID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TEMPORAL BONE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 33746556529     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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