Kebara 2: new insights regarding the most complete Neandertal thorax

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-90

  Gómez Olivencia, Asier ^a,b   Eaves Johnson, K Lindsay ^c   Franciscus, Robert G ^c,d   Carretero, José Miguel ^a,b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity level; Body bauplan; Climatic adaptation; Costal skeleton; Ribs; Ventilatory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AFRICA; EURASIA;

ERRONEA; PERO; TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 67249086455     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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