Early Pleistocene human mandible from Sima del Elefante (TE) cave site in Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain): A comparative morphological study

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-25

  Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Gómez Robles, Aida ^a,b   Prado Simón, Leyre ^a   Martín Francés, Laura ^a   Lapresa, María ^a   Olejniczak, Anthony ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^c,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Hominins; Mandible; Microtomography; Root morphology; Sierra de Atapuerca; Sima del Elefante cave site

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

EID: 79956082888     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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