The Neanderthal face is not cold adapted

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Rae, Todd C ^a   Koppe, Thomas ^b   Stringer, Chris B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniofacial pneumatisation; Environmental adaptation; Homo neanderthalensis; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650873028     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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