An ectocranial lesion on the Middle Pleistocene human cranium from Hulu Cave, Nanjing, China

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Shang, Hong ^a,b   Trinkaus, Erik ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Frontal bone; Homo erectus; Scalp; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPRESSION; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOLYSIS; SCALP; SKULL INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL;

EID: 40949098071     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20763     Document Type: Article

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