A new early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-735

  Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a   Pérez González, Alfredo ^a   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Gómez Robles, Aida ^a   Rosell, Jordi ^b   Prado, Leyre ^a   Sarmiento, Susana ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gran Dolina TD6; Human mandible; Sierra de Atapuerca

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; EAST JAVA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN DOLINA; INDONESIA; SANGIRAN; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS;

EID: 51349098156     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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