Early hominin dental remains from the Plio-Pleistocene site of Drimolen, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-405

  Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^a,c   Menter, Colin ^b   Boccone, Silvia ^a   Keyser, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dentition; Early Homo; Paranthropus robustus

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

DRIMOLEN; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA;

PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952734952     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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