Nasal floor variation among eastern eurasian pleistocene Homo

Anthropological Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Wu, Xiu Jie ^a   Maddux, Scott D ^b   Pan, Lei ^a,c   Trinkaus, Erik ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Maxilla; Neandertal; Noses; Palate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871697199     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.120709     Document Type: Article

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