The place of Tam Hang in Southeast Asian human evolution

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 97-115

  Shackelford, Laura ^a   Demeter, Fabrice ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Late Pleistocene; Mainland Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; EXCAVATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84858619456     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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