Paleoanthropological significance and morphological variability of the human bones and teeth from Tabon Cave

Quaternary International

Volumn 416, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-218

  Corny, Julien ^a   Garong, Ame M ^b   Sémah, François ^c   Dizon, Eusebio Z ^b   Bolunia, Mary Jane Louise A ^b   Bautista, Reynaldo ^b   Détroit, Florent ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dental morphometrics; Early settlements; Fossil Homo sapiens; Philippines; Southeast Asia; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CAVE SYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TABON CAVE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84951766648     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.059     Document Type: Article

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