New Neanderthal remains from Mani Peninsula, Southern Greece: The Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic cave site

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 486-499

  Harvati, Katerina ^a   Darlas, Andreas ^b   Bailey, Shara E ^c,d   Rein, Thomas R ^a   El Zaatari, Sireen ^e   Fiorenza, Luca ^f   Kullmer, Ottmar ^g   Psathi, Eleni ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Greek Ministry of Culture   (Greece)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^g SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^h Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Late Pleistocene; Neanderthal; South East Europe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CAVE; CRANIUM; FAUNA; FOSSIL; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPELEOLOGY;

GREECE;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84877677708     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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