Paleoanthropology of the Malawi Rift: An early hominid mandible from the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 71-108

  Bromage, Timothy G ^a   Schrenk, Friedemann ^b   Zonneveld, Frans W ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum ^*  (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Homo rudolfensis; Human evolution; Malawi; Paleobiogeography; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CHIWONDO BEDS; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

MALAWI, URAHA;

EID: 0028873642     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1995.1007     Document Type: Article

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