Earliest known Old World monkey skull

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6640, 1997, Pages 368-371

  Benefit, Brenda R ^a   McCrossin, Monte L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; PRIMATE; VICTORIAPITHECUS;

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MONKEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

KENYA, MABOKO ISLAND;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECINAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; COLOBINAE; CRANIA; DRYOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIVAPITHECUS; VICTORIAPITHECUS;

EID: 0030844283     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41078     Document Type: Article

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