Human calcanei from the Middle Pleistocene site of Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue C, 2014, Pages 63-76

  Pablos, Adrián ^a,b,c   Martínez, Ignacio ^b,d   Lorenzo, Carlos ^b,e,f   Sala, Nohemi ^b   Gracia Téllez, Ana ^b,d   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Foot; Heel; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo neanderthalensis; Stature; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CALCANEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCANEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SPAIN;

EID: 84927692223     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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