A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site ofKromdraai B (South Africa)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-456

  Braga, José ^a,b   Thackeray, John Francis ^c   Dumoncel, Jean ^a   Descouens, Didier ^a   Bruxelles, Laurent ^c,d,e   Loubes, Jean Michel ^f   Kahn, Jean Luc ^g   Stampanoni, Marco ^h   Bam, Lunga ⁱ   Hoffman, Jakobus ⁱ   de Beer, Frikkie ⁱ   Spoor, Fred ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^e Institut National d'Archéologie Préventive   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^h PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION   (South Africa)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; Bony labyrinth; Cochlea; Early Homo; Paranthropus robustus; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON;

GAUTENG; KROMDRAAI; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BONY LABYRINTH; CLASSIFICATION; COCHLEA; EARLY HOMO; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PETROUS BONE; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BONY LABYRINTH; COCHLEA; EARLY HOMO; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PLEISTOCENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; PETROUS BONE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84884591995     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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