The sunghir 3 upper paleolithic juvenile: Pathology versus persistence in the paleolithic

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-187

  Cowgill, L W ^a   Mednikova, M B ^b   Buzhilova, A P ^b,c   Trinkaus, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Femur; Humerus; Robustness; Russia; Tibia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926408470     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2273     Document Type: Article

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