Neanderthal hand and foot remains from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 516-529

  Mersey, Ben ^a   Jabbour, Rebecca S ^b   Brudvik, Kyle ^a   Defleur, Alban ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

feet; hands; hominid; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOSSIL HOMINID; FRANCE; HAND; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MORPHOLOGY; PHALANX; TARSAL BONE;

FEET; HANDS; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; FOSSILS; FRANCE; HAND BONES; MALE; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84887455612     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22389     Document Type: Article

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