New Radiometric Ages for the BH-1 Hominin from Balanica (Serbia): Implications for Understanding the Role of the Balkans in Middle Pleistocene Human Evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rink, William J ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^b   Mihailović, Dušan ^c   Morley, Mike W ^d   Thompson, Jeroen W ^a   Roksandic, Mirjana ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche en Physique Appliquee a l'Archéologie Maison de l'Archélogie ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THORIUM 230; URANIUM 234; URANIUM;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MANDIBLE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SERBIA; ANIMAL; BALKAN PENINSULA; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BALKAN PENINSULA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; NEANDERTHALS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RADIOMETRY; SERBIA; TOOTH; URANIUM;

EID: 84873553152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054608     Document Type: Article

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