The Spy VI child: A newly discovered Neandertal infant

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 641-656

  Crevecoeur, Isabelle ^a,b   Bayle, Priscilla ^a,c   Rougier, Hélène ^a,d   Maureille, Bruno ^a   Higham, Thomas ^e   van der Plicht, Johannes ^f,g   De Clerck, Nora ^h   Semal, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deciduous teeth; Dental development; Dental tissue proportions; Immature Neandertal; Mandible

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

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EID: 78149411891     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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