Dental microwear of Griphopithecus alpani

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-31

  King, Tania ^a,b   Aiello, Leslie C ^b   Andrews, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Gorilla; Miocene hominoids; Molars; Pan; Pasalar; Pongo; SEM

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; MAMMAL; MIOCENE;

GORILLA; GRIPHOPITHECUS ALPANI; PAN; PONGO; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032893261     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0258     Document Type: Article

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