Comparative morphological and morphometric description of the hominin calvaria from Bukuran (Sangiran, Central Java, Indonesia)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-652

  Grimaud Hervé, Dominique ^a   Widianto, Harry ^b   Détroit, Florent ^a   Sémah, François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Sangiran Museum ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cranial remains; Homo erectus; Kabuh (Bapang) series; Sangiran Dome

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SHAPE; SKULL;

EAST JAVA; INDONESIA; SANGIRAN;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 84867473546     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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