Descriptions of the lower limb skeleton of Homo floresiensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 538-554

  Jungers, W L ^a   Larson, S G ^a   Harcourt Smith, W ^b   Morwood, M J ^c,f   Sutikna, T ^d   Due Awe, Rokhus ^d   Djubiantono, T ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Indonesian Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^e National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femur; Fibula; Foot bones; Homo floresiensis; Os coxae; Patella; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LIANG BUA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO FLORESIENSIS;

EID: 70449086255     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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