The mesosternum of the Regourdou 1 Neandertal revisited

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-519

  Gómez Olivencia, Asier ^a,b   Franciscus, Robert G ^c,d   Couture Veschambre, Christine ^e   Maureille, Bruno ^e   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homo neanderthalensis; Rib cage; Sternebrae; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON;

WESTERN EUROPE;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84859162180     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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