The late Middle Pleistocene upper third molar from Florisbad: Metrics and morphology

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-244

  Smith, P ^a   Brink, J S ^b   Hoffman, J W ^c   Bam, L C ^c   Nshimirimana, R ^c   De Beer, F C ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c Radiation Science Department (MIXRAD)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Late Mid Pleistocene Homo; Micro tomography; South Africa fossil teeth; Third molar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948658105     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2015.1065930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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