Mandible and taxonomy of the earliest European Homo

Human Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Fabbri, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Holotype; Lower Pleistocene; Middle Pleistocene; Neanderthal; Phylogeny; Variability

Indexed keywords

HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO GEORGICUS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 34548356947     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: 1824310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11598-006-9028-3     Document Type: Article

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