Evidence for new Neanderthal teeth in Tabun Cave (Israel) by the application of self-organizing maps (SOMs)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-613

  Coppa, Alfredo ^a   Manni, Franz ^b   Stringer, Chris ^c   Vargiu, Rita ^a   Vecchi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homogeneity analysis; Human teeth; Neural networks; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HOMOGENEITY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TABUN CAVE;

EID: 34248563864     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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