Parallel evolution in the hominoid trunk and forelimb

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 87-99

  Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ape; Chimpanzee; Dryopithecus; Gibbon; Gorilla; Orangutan; Proconsul; Siamang; Sivapithecus

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; DRYOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROCONSUL; SIVAPITHECUS;

EID: 0032221243     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)6:3<87::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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