A partial distal humerus from the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Bodo, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Carretero, José Miguel ^a,c   Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^b   Rodriguez, Laura ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Human evolution; Middle Pleistocene; Postcranial skeleton

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650175315     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070413     Document Type: Article

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