Radiometric dating of the type-site for Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer, Germany

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19726-19730

  Wagner, Günther A ^a   Krbetschek, Matthias ^b   Degering, Detlev ^c   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^d   Shao, Qingfeng ^d   Falguères, Christophe ^d   Voinchet, Pierre ^d   Dolo, Jean Michel ^e   Garcia, Tristan ^e   Rightmire, G Philip ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Paleoanthropology; Physical dating; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE; FOSSIL HOMINID; HOMINID; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFRARED RADIATION; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SAND;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650543870     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012722107     Document Type: Article

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