First direct dating of a presumed Pleistocene hominid from China: AMS radiocarbon age of a femur from the Ordos Plateau

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Keates, Susan G ^a   Hodgins, Gregory W L ^b   Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^c   Orlova, Lyobov A ^d  

^a University of Arizona ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Hominid fossil femur

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BONE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 34249800378     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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