Hand function and tool behavior in early hominids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-46

  Susman, Randall L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO; PARANTHROPUS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO HABILIS; PARANTHROPUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032124912     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0220     Document Type: Article

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