Comment on “Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa?” [J. Hum. Evol. 96 (2016) 145–148]

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-153

  Dirks, P H G M ^a,b   Berger, L R ^b   Hawks, J ^b,c   Randolph Quinney, P S ^b,d   Backwell, L R ^b   Roberts, E M ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84973530112     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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