Dental variation of Proconsul from the Tinderet region, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 489-497

  Uchida, Akiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molar cusp areas; Proconsul africanus; Proconsul major; Variation

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; PROCONSUL; PROCONSUL MAJOR;

DENTITION; HOMINOID; MIOCENE; MOLAR CUSP; PROCONSUL;

KENYA, TINDERET;

EID: 0030429195     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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