A comparative dental metrical and morphological analysis of a Middle Pleistocene hominin maxilla from Chaoxian (Chaohu), China

Quaternary International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 14-23

  Bailey, Shara E ^a   Liu, Wu ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71549146313     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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