New 1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus maxilla from Sangiran (Central Java, Indonesia)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-376

  Zaim, Yahdi ^a   Ciochon, Russell L ^b   Polanski, Joshua M ^c   Grine, Frederick E ^d   Bettis, E Arthur ^e   Rizal, Yan ^a   Franciscus, Robert G ^b   Larick, Roy R ^f   Heizler, Matthew ^g   Aswan, ^a   Eaves, K Lindsay ^b   Marsh, Hannah E ^b  

^a BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f Helios Laser   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Bapang formation; Dmanisi; Grenzbank zone; Hominin evolution; Homo habilis; Sangiran formation; Southeast asia; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HORNBLENDE; PLEISTOCENE; PUMICE; TOOTH;

EAST JAVA; INDONESIA; SANGIRAN;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS;

EID: 80052273672     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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