A critique of the chronometric evidence for hominid fossils: I. Africa and the Near East 500-50 ka

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 848-874

  Millard, Andrew R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Chronometry; Dating; Modern human origins; Near East

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID;

AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 43249083466     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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