The inner ear of Nazlet Khater 2 (Upper Paleolithic, Egypt)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Bouchneb, L ^a   Crevecoeur, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IRSNB Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et de Préhistoire   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D morphometry; Bony labyrinth; Multivariate analyses

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETON; STONE AGE;

AFRICA; NILE VALLEY;

EID: 61749096347     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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