The Omo I hominin clavicle: Archaic or modern?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-443

  Voisin, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Ethiopia; Locomotion; Middle Paleolithic; Modern human; Omo I; Shoulder; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMO HABILIS;

EID: 50849089980     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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