Underestimating intraspecific variation: The problem with excluding Sts 19 from Australopithecus africanus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-480

  Ahern, James C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo habilis; Polymorphism; Species; Sterkfontein, australopithecines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 0031921275     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<461::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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