Garba III (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia): A MSA site with archaic Homo sapiens remains revisited

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-39

  Mussi, Margherita ^a   Altamura, Flavio ^a   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^b,c   Melis, Rita T ^d   Spinapolice, Enza E ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOMINID; MESOLITHIC; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TYPOLOGY;

AWASH VALLEY; ETHIOPIA; MELKA KUNTURE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84906793371     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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