On the reliability of recent tests of the out of Africa hypothesis for modern human origins

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 701-707

  Bräuer, Günter ^a   Collard, Mark ^b,d   Stringer, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

African replacement hypothesis; Australasia; Neanderthal; Out of Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIPITRINAE;

EID: 3843148170     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20064     Document Type: Review

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