Late Stone Age human remains from Ishango (Democratic Republic of Congo): New insights on Late Pleistocene modern human diversity in Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-57

  Crevecoeur, I ^a   Brooks, A ^b   Ribot, I ^c   Cornelissen, E ^d   Semal, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Early Late Stone Age (eLSA); Late Pleistocene; Modern human evolution; Phenotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL REMAINS; STONE AGE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; BODY REMAINS; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY REMAINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FOSSILS; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969974186     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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