Right handed Neandertals: Vindija and beyond

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2010, Pages 113-127

  Frayer, David W ^a,b   Fiore, Ivana ^b   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^c   Radovčić, Jakov ^d   Bondioli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Handedness; Labial striations; Language capability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FOSSIL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH INJURY; PROCEDURES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROATIA; FOSSILS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 77953936540     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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