Middle Pleistocene Diversity in Africa and the Origin of Modern Humans

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400729285, 2012, Pages 221-240

  Brauer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaic Homo sapiens; Grade; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo helmei; Homo sapiens; Modernization process; Species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879348142     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2929-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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