South Turkwel: A new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-95

  Ward, C V ^a   Leakey, M G ^b   Brown, B ^c   Brown, F ^d   Harris, J ^e   Walker, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand bones; Hominids; Kenya; Pliocene; South Turkwel

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; PLIOCENE;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032890515     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0262     Document Type: Article

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