The skull of Homo naledi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 104, Issue , 2017, Pages 100-123

  Laird, Myra F ^a,b   Schroeder, Lauren ^b,c,d   Garvin, Heather M ^b,e   Scott, Jill E ^b,f,g   Dembo, Mana ^b,h   Radovčić, Davorka ^b,i   Musiba, Charles M ^b,j   Ackermann, Rebecca R ^d   Schmid, Peter ^b,k   Hawks, John ^b,l   Berger, Lee R ^b   de Ruiter, Darryl J ^b,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^f University of Iowa   (United States)

^g METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^m TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cranial and mandibular variation; Dinaledi; Homo; Rising Star cave system; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAVE SYSTEM; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL;

GAUTENG; RISING STAR CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85006725805     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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