Homo antecessor: The state of the art eighteen years later

Quaternary International

Volumn 433, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-31

  Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Martín Francés, Laura ^a   Modesto Mata, Mario ^a   Martínez de Pinillos, Marina ^a   García, Cecilia ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^b,c  

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

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

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gran Dolina; Homo antecessor; Human evolution; Sierra de Atapuerca

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; GRAN DOLINA; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

HOMO ANTECESSOR;

EID: 84929643376     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.049     Document Type: Article

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