A reappraisal of early hominid phylogeny

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-82

  Strait, David S ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^a   Moniz, Marc A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Cladistics; Hominid phylogeny; Homo; Paranthropus; Praeanthropus

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; CLADISTICS; HOMINID; HOMO; PARANTHROPUS; PHYLOGENY; PRAEANTHROPUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030761878     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0097     Document Type: Article

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