Solo man in question: Convergent views to split Indonesian Homo erectus in two categories

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 281-292

  Zeitoun, Valery ^a   Detroit Florent F ^b   Grimaud Hervé, Dominique ^b   Widianto, Harry ^c  

^a UMR 9993 Musée Guimet   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Balai Arkeologi   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 77956058623     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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