Comparative morphology and morphometric assessment of the Neandertal occipital remains from the El Sidrón site (Asturias, Spain: years 2000-2008)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-78

  Bastir, Markus ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   Tabernero, Antonio García ^a   Peña Melián, Angel ^b   Estalrrich, Almudena ^a   de la Rasilla, Marco ^c   Fortea, Javier ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fossils; Geometric morphometrics; Intraspecific variation; Middle Pleistocene human evolution; Virtual anthropology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70450233612     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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