The pelvis of Late Pleistocene hominin from Liujiang, South China: Its body size, body shape and encephalization;Le bassin de l'homme du Pléistocène supérieur de Liujiang, Sud de la Chine: Taille du corps, forme du corps et encéphalisation

Anthropologie

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-563

  Liu, Wu ^a   Wu, Xiujie ^a   Wang, Steven L ^b,c   Li, Haijun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Body shape; Encephalization; Late Pleistocene; Liujiang; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CHINA;

EID: 78649907309     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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