The changing face of genus Homo

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 195-207

  Wood, Bernard ^a,b   Collard, Mark ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS;

EID: 0033235970     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:6<195::AID-EVAN1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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