Late neandertals and early modern humans in Europe, population dynamics and paleobiology

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400704916, 2011, Pages 315-329

  Trinkaus, Erik ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranium; Dentition; Femur; Human paleontology; Late pleistocene; Mandible

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045642705     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_24     Document Type: Chapter

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