Luminescence dating and palaeomagnetic age constraint on hominins from Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-107

  Arnold, Lee J ^a   Demuro, Martina ^a   Parés, Josep M ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,c   Aranburu, Arantza ^d   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^e  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Brunhes; Geochronology; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo neanderthalensis; Middle Pleistocene; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FELDSPAR; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUNHES; CLAY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRUNHES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN;

EID: 84893722530     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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