Genetic and morphological records of the Hominoidea and hominid origins: A synthesis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-168

  Pilbeam, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SKULL; TIME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MODELS, GENETIC; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030078359     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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