The status of Homo heidelbergensis (Schoetensack 1908)

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 101-107

  Stringer, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GERMANY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; NEANDERTHALS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 84862664763     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21311     Document Type: Article

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