A new star rising: Biology and mortuary behaviour of Homo naledi

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 111, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages

  Randolph Quinney, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cradle of humankind; Dinaledi chamber; Geology; Hominin; Palaeoanthropology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943186749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2015/a0122     Document Type: Note

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