Evolution of the Hominin Shoulder: Early Homo

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402099793, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Homo antecessor; Homo erectus; Homo habilis; Humerus; Scapula; Shoulder morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923532792     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9980-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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