Reassessment of the La Ferrassie 3 Neandertal ossicular chain

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-262

  Quam, Rolf ^a,b,c   Martínez, Ignacio ^b,d   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,e  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Homo neanderthalensis; Incus; Malleus; Middle ear; Stapes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ASYMMETRY; BODY MASS; BONE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875210773     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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