Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 23-36

  Bruner, E ^a   Manzi, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretion model; Cranial morphology; Italy; Neanderthal; Ois 5; Saccopastore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045094312     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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