The Late Early Pleistocene human remains from Buia, Danakil Depression, Eritrea

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 133-144

  Macchiarelli, Roberto ^a   Bondioli, Luca ^b   Chech, Mario ^c   Coppa, Alfredo ^d   Fiore, Ivana ^b   Russom, Rezene ^e   Vecchi, Francesco ^d   Libsekal, Yosief ^e   Rook, Lorenzo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Sezione Antropologia Mus Naz Pre   (Italy)

^c MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Erectus like" Homo; Buia; Eritrea; Human remains; Late Early Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6044228105     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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