Skhodnya, Khvalynsk, Satanay, and Podkumok calvariae: Possible Upper Paleolithic hominins from European Russia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-144

  Stansfield nee Bulygina, Ekaterina ^a   Gunz, Philipp ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frontal bone; Geometric morphometrics; Russian calvariae

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOLITHIC;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 78650863246     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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