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The early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shang, Hong, 1968-
Other Authors: Trinkaus, Erik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 14.
Subjects:
Antiquities, Prehistoric > China.
Hunting and gathering societies > China.
Cave dwellers > China > Tianyuan Cave.
Tianyuan Man.
Tianyuan Cave (China) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Tianyuandong: the cave, its context, and its contents
  • Preservation of the Tianyuan 1 human fossil remains
  • Comparative materials and methods
  • The Tianyuan 1 dentition
  • The Tianyuan 1 mandible
  • Body size and body proportions of Tianyuan 1
  • The Tianyuan 1 axial remains
  • The Tianyuan 1 upper limb remains
  • The Tianyuan 1 lower limb remains
  • Sex and age-at-death of Tianyuan 1
  • Paleopathology of the Tianyuan 1 partial skeleton
  • Paleoanthropological implications of the Tianyuan 1 human remains
  • References
  • Appendix 1: taphonomy of the human remains from Tianyuandong
  • Appendix 2: isotopic analysis of Tianyuan 1 and associated faunal remains.