Early Holocene human skeletal remains from Sumidouro Cave, Lagoa Santa, Brazil: History of discoveries, geological and chronological context, and comparative cranial morphology

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-30

  Neves, Walter A ^a   Hubbe, Mark ^b   Piló, Luís Beethoven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

First Americans; Karst; Multivariate analysis; Paleoamericans; Paleoindians

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CRANIUM; HOLOCENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; SUMIDOURO;

TAPERA;

EID: 33845581895     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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