Homo floresiensis-like fossils from the early Middle Pleistocene of Flores

Nature

Volumn 534, Issue 7606, 2016, Pages 245-248

  Van Den Bergh, Gerrit D ^a   Kaifu, Yousuke ^b   Kurniawan, Iwan ^c   Kono, Reiko T ^b   Brumm, Adam ^d,e   Setiyabudi, Erick ^c   Aziz, Fachroel ^c   Morwood, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Indonesia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TOOTH; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TOOTH;

AFRICA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FAR EAST; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LIANG BUA; SUNDA ISLES;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO HABILIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; INDONESIA; MANDIBLE; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TOOTH;

EID: 84973643880     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17999     Document Type: Article

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