Into the light: The origin of Anthropoidea

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 147-194

  Ross, Callum F ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Phylogeny; Primates; Retina; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000007790     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.147     Document Type: Article

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