A severely disabled mammoth - The palaeopathological evidence

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Clarke, E A ^a   Goodship, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MAMMOTH; PATHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETON;

ANIMALIA; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII;

EID: 78249256606     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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