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A blood typing of human skull fragments from the pleistocene
Author(s) -
Thieme Fred P.,
Otten Charlotte M.,
Sutton H. Eldon
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330140318
Subject(s) - biological anthropology , citation , anthropology , library science , art history , history , sociology , computer science
The Midland Skull, found in 1953 in western Texas, is possibly the oldest dated specimen of man yet discovered in the New M70rld. Wendorf, Krieger and Albritton in their report ( '55) on the find, assign it to a period definitely earlier than the occupation of that area by Folsom Man. At Lubbock, Texas, 150 miles to the north of Midland, the Folsom level has been established by radiocarbon dating as approximately 10,000 years old. Although a dating of Midland material from the level containing the human skeleton was dated as 710