The female Homo pelvis from Gona: Response to Ruff (2010)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-35

  Simpson, Scott W ^a,b,c   Quade, Jay ^d   Levin, Naomi E ^e   Semaw, Sileshi ^f,g,h  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g Stone Age Institute   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

ETHIOPIA; GONA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; MALE; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MALE; PELVIS;

EID: 84896722598     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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