Non-metric variation in recent humans as a model for understanding Neanderthal-early modern human differences: just how “unique” are Neanderthal unique traits?

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Ahern, J C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomorphies; Human Evolution; Modern Human Origins; Neanderthals; Non Metrics; Species; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977573065     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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