Paleoanthropology of the Kibish Formation, southern Ethiopia: Introduction

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-365

  Fleagle, John G ^a   Assefa, Zelalem ^b   Brown, Francis H ^c   Shea, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Homo sapiens; Modern humans; Omo River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRANIUM; FAUNA; HOMINID; MESOLITHIC; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SKELETAL REMAINS;

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

AVES; HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 50849100410     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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