Orofacial pathology in Homo heidelbergensis: The case of Skull 5 from the Sima de los Huesos site (Atapuerca, Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-93

  Gracia Téllez, Ana ^a,b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,c   Martínez, Ignacio ^a,b   Martín Francés, Laura ^d   Martinón Torres, María ^d   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^d   Bonmatí, Alejandro ^b,c   Lira, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GROWTH; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 84876712968     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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