New dates for the Fontéchevade (Charente, France) Homo remains

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Chase, Philip G ^a   Debénath, André ^b   Dibble, Harold L ^a   McPherron, Shannon P ^c   Schwarcz, Henry P ^d   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^e   Tournepiche, Jean François ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Stafford Research Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^f Musée des Beaux Arts d'Angoulême   (France)

Author keywords

ESR dates; Font chevade; Modern Homo sapiens; Pre sapiens; Radiocarbon dates

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; HOMINID; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CHARENTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 33846592959     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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