Diagnosing Homo sapiens in the fossil record

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 312-322

  Stringer, Christopher Brian ^a   Buck, Laura Tabitha ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil record; Hybridization; Neanderthal DNA; Species definition

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DENTITION; DNA; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NEANDERTHAL;

DNA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; FOSSILS; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84902652950     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2014.922616     Document Type: Review

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