A “source and sink” model for East Asia? Preliminary approach through the dental evidence;Un modèle de « source et écoulement sans fond » pour l'Est asiatique ? Approche préliminaire à partir des données dentaires

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 33-43

  Martinón Torres, María ^a,b   Xing, Song ^c   Liu, Wu ^c   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Homo erectus; Sink; Source; Teeth

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TOOTH;

FAR EAST;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 84957107030     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: 1777571X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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