The earliest european human peopling after the recent discoveries: Early neanderthals or different lineages?

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400704916, 2011, Pages 55-66

  Mallegni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceprano; Cladistic analysis; Dmanisi; Phylogenetic analysis; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904697123     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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