Discovery of an archaic Homo sapiens skullcap in Northeast Mongolia

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Coppens, Yves ^a   Tseveendorj, Damdinsuren ^b   Demeter, Fabrice ^c   Turbat, Tsagaan ^d   Giscard, Pierre Henri ^c  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d Department of Mongolian History   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; Late Pleistocene; Modern Man origins; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; SALKHIT; SELENGE;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; SCUTELLARIA;

EID: 40949129503     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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