Into Eurasia: A geometric morphometric re-assessment of the Upper Cave (Zhoukoudian) specimens

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 751-762

  Harvati, Katerina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaic humans; Modern human origins; Neanderthals; Single Origin; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

EURASIA;

CRANIA;

EID: 70449716896     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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