New hominin remains from Uzbekistan

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Glantz, Michelle ^a   Viola, Bence ^b   Wrinn, Patrick ^c   Chikisheva, Tatiana ^d   Derevianko, Anatoly ^d   Krivoshapkin, Andrei ^d   Islamov, Uktur ^e   Suleimanov, Rustam ^f   Ritzman, Terrence ^g  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN   (Uzbekistan)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anghilak Cave; Central Asia; Homo sapiens; Middle Paleolithic; Neandertals; Obi Rakhmat Grotto

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 48349146727     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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