Sts 14, a male subadult partial skeleton of Australopithecus africanus?

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 91-92

  Gommery, D ^a,b   Thackeray, J F ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; HOMINID; MALE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS;

EID: 33748456274     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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