A partial skull of Paranthropus robustus from Cooper's Cave, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Steininger, Christine ^a   Berger, Lee R ^a   Kuhn, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMINID; SKULL; TOOTH;

AFRICA; COOPERS CAVE; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 49649089222     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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