Late pleistocene human skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and modern human origins

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5809, 2007, Pages 226-229

  Grine, F E ^a   Bailey, R M ^b   Harvati, K ^c   Nathan, R P ^d   Morris, A G ^e   Henderson, G M ^b   Ribot, I ^f   Pike, A W G ^g  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HUMAN; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; HOFMEYR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846514028     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136294     Document Type: Article

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