First hominoid from the miocene of Ethiopia and the evolution of the catarrhine elbow

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-277

  Richmond, Brian G ^a   Fleagle, John G ^b   Kappelman, John ^c   Swisher III, Carl C ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoids; Forelimb; Fossil apes; Multivaria te analysis; Pliopithecus; Postcranium; Turkanapithecus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; APE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; ELBOW; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; NONHUMAN; ULNA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ELBOW; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; ULNA;

EID: 0031909766     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199803)105:3<257::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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