Homo in the middle pleistocene: Hypodigms, variation, and species recognition

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-21

  Rightmire, G Philip ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial form; Homo heidelbergensis; Human evolution; Neanderthals; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CRANIA; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 41549141344     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20160     Document Type: Article

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