New reconstruction and morphological description of a Homo erectus cranium: Skull IX (Tjg-1993.05) from Sangiran, Central Java

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-294

  Kaifu, Yousuke ^a,b   Zaim, Yahdi ^c   Baba, Hisao ^a   Kurniawan, Iwan ^d   Kubo, Daisuke ^b   Rizal, Yan ^c   Arif, Johan ^c   Aziz, Fachroel ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^d GEOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Facial morphology; Indonesia; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRANIUM; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EAST JAVA; INDONESIA; SANGIRAN;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 80051472534     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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