Middle paleolithic and uluzzian human remains from fumane cave, Italy

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Benazzi, Stefano ^a,b   Bailey, Shara E ^b,c   Peresani, Marco ^d   Mannino, Marcello A ^b   Romandini, Matteo ^d   Richards, Michael P ^b,e   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deciduous teeth; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo sapiens; Late Pleistocene; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

FUMANE CAVE; ITALY; LESSINI MOUNTAINS; VENETO; VERONA;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CAVE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; FOSSIL; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; INCISOR; ITALY; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVES; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INCISOR; ITALY; MOLAR; NEANDERTHALS; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84899101190     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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