New human fossils and associated findings from the central Narmada Valley, India

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1461-1469

  Sankhyan, A R ^a,b   Dewangan, L N ^a   Chakraborty, Sheuli ^a   Kundu, Suvendu ^a   Prabha, Shashi ^a   Chakravarty, Rana ^a   Badam, G L ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Palaeo Research Society   (India)

^c not available   (India)

Author keywords

Femur; Human fossils; Humerus; Lithostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872146641     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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