Identification of neandertal individuals in fragmentary fossil assemblages by means of tooth associations: The case of el sidrón (asturias, spain)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 279-291

  Rosas, Antonio ^a   Estalrrich, Almudena ^a   García Vargas, Samuel ^a   García Tabernero, Antonio ^a   Huguet, Rosa ^b   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^c   de la Rasilla, Marco ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

El Sidr n; Fossil assemblage; Individual number; Middle Paleolithic; Neandertals; Spain; Teeth; Tooth associations

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; TOOTH;

ASTURIAS; SIDRON'S CAVE; SPAIN;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84884414563     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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