Variation in the mandibles from Dmanisi, Georgia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 904-908

  Rightmire, G Philip ^a,b   Van Arsdale, Adam P ^c   Lordkipanidze, David ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Homo erectus; Periodontal disease; Random resampling; Species; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DIMORPHISM; HOMINID; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; DMANISI; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); WEST ASIA;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 43249088470     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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