Temporal lines and open sutures revealed on cranial bone adhering to matrix associated with Sts 5 ("Mrs Ples" ), Sterkfontein, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 533-535

  Potze, S ^a   Thackeray, J F ^b  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CRANIAL SUTURE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77953535557     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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