First hominine remains from a ∼1.0 million year old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-535

  Brink, James S ^a,b   Herries, Andy I R ^c,d   Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^e   Gowlett, John A J ^d   Bousman, C Britt ^f,g   Hancox, John P ^g   Grün, Rainer ^h   Eisenmann, Vera ⁱ   Adams, Justin W ^j   Rossouw, Lloyd ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^j GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acheulian; Cornelian Land Mammal Age; Early Homo; Palaeomagnetism; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BONE; ENDEMISM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TYPE LOCALITY;

EAST AFRICA; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865567767     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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