Early pleistocene human humeri from the gran dolina-TD6 site (sierra de atapuerca, spain)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-617

  Bermúdez De Castro, José María ^a   Carretero, José Miguel ^b,c   García González, Rebeca ^b   Rodríguez García, Laura ^b   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Rosell, Jordi ^d   Blasco, Ruth ^d   Martín Francés, Laura ^a,c   Modesto, Mario ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^d,e,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

human evolution; phylogeny; postcranial remains; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIPHYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LONG BONE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPAIN; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN;

EID: 84859107980     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22020     Document Type: Article

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