Middle pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave (Israel)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-592

  Hershkovitz, Israel ^a   Smith, Patricia ^b   Sarig, Rachel ^a   Quam, Rolf ^c,d,e   Rodríguez, Laura ^f   García, Rebeca ^f   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^d,g   Barkai, Ran ^a   Gopher, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acheulo Yabrudian; Homo sapiens; Israel; Neanderthal; Tooth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

EID: 79952747754     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21446     Document Type: Article

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