Additional evidence for early modern human morphological diversity in Southeast Asia at Tam Pa Ling, Laos

Quaternary International

Volumn 466, Issue , 2018, Pages 93-106

  Shackelford, Laura ^a   Demeter, Fabrice ^b,c   Westaway, Kira ^d   Duringer, Philippe ^e   Ponche, Jean Luc ^e,f   Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa ^g   Zhao, Jian Xin ^h   Barnes, Lani ^d   Boyon, Marc ^e   Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh ^g   Sénégas, Frank ⁱ   Patole Edoumba, Elise ^j   Coppens, Yves ^k   Dumoncel, Jean ^l   Bacon, Anne Marie ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^c Center for GeoGenetics   (Denmark)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^g Ministry of Information and Culture   (Laos)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^j Muséum d Histoire Naturelle de la Rochelle   (France)

^k Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^m Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

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Author keywords

Laos; Late Pleistocene; Mandible; Migration; Modern humans; Optically stimulated luminescence

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

LAOS;

EID: 85014086992     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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