A newly discovered Kenyapithecus skeleton and its implications for the evolution of positional behavior in Miocene East African hominoids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 657-664

  Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a   Yamanaka, Atsushi ^a   Kunimatsu, Yutaka ^a   Shimizu, Daisuke ^a   Ishida, Hidemi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SKELETON;

EID: 0032084643     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0228     Document Type: Article

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