Neanderthal axial and appendicular remains from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 530-542

  Mersey, Ben ^a   Brudvik, Kyle ^a   Black, Michael T ^a   Defleur, Alban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

hominid; pleistocene; postcrania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE LENGTH; CHILD; CLAVICLE; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); FEMALE; FEMUR; FRANCE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBIC BONE; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR PUBIC RAMUS;

HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; POSTCRANIA;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; FRANCE; MALE; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84887417373     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22388     Document Type: Article

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