The earliest putative homo fossils

Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 2145-2165

  Schrenk, Friedemann ^a   Kullmer, Ottmar ^a   Bromage, Timothy ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39979-4_63     Document Type: Chapter

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