Reply to Gibert et al. (2008) on the supposed human phalanx from Cueva Victoria (Cartagena, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-161

  Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^a   Palmqvist, Paul ^b   Shabel, Alan B ^c   Pérez Claros, Juan A ^b   Lorenzo, Carlos ^d   Claret, Antonio ^e  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cueva Victoria; Early Pleistocene; Southern Spain; Theropithecus oswaldi

Indexed keywords

THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 38549086953     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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