Late Pleistocene human remains from Wezmeh Cave, Western Iran

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Trinkaus, Erik ^a   Biglari, Fereidoun ^b   Mashkour, Marjan ^c   Monchot, Hervé ^c   Reyss, Jean Louis ^d   Rougier, Hélène ^e   Heydari, Saman ^f   Abdi, Kamyar ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourismus Organization   (Iran)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Dentition; Human paleontology; Modern humans; Neandertals; Zagros

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHALCOLITHIC; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAXILLA; PALEONTOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 40949134084     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20753     Document Type: Article

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