Brief communication: First Homo erectus from Turkey and implications for migrations into temperate Eurasia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-116

  Kappelman, John ^a   Alçiçek, Mehmet Cihat ^b   Kazanci, Nizamettin ^c,d   Schultz, Michael ^e   Özkul, Mehmet ^b,d   Şen, Şevket ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d JEM RKO The Turkish Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hominin; Human evolution; Pathology; Tuberculosis; UV radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; COLD CLIMATE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; HOMINID; HOMO ERECTUS; LEPTOMENINGITIS TUBERCULOSA; LEPTOMENINX; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; SKULL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TURKEY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 37349002427     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20739     Document Type: Article

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