AL 288-1 - Lucy or Lucifer: gender confusion in the Pliocene

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-94

  Tague, Robert G ^a   Lovejoy, C Owen ^b,c,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECINE; BODY SIZE; PLIOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032124593     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0223     Document Type: Article

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