A simulation test of hominoid species number at Lufeng, China: Implications for the use of the coefficient of variation in paleotaxonomy

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 577-596

  Kelley, Jay ^a   Plavcan, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Dentition; Hominoid; Miocene; Taxonomy; Variability

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; LUFENG; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 0032462307     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0253     Document Type: Article

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