Neurocranial abnormalities of the Gongwangling Homo erectus from Lantian, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2589-2593

  Shang, Hong ^a,b   Trinkaus, Erik ^b   Liu, Wu ^a   Wu, Xinzhi ^a   Zhu, Qizhi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Early Pleistocene; Paleopathology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSILIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HOMO ERECTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47049100318     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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