The new hominid species Australopithecus anamensis

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 197-205

  Ward, Carol ^a   Leakey, Meave ^a   Walker, Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Human origins; Kenya; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ALLIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; HOMINIDAE; MYA;

EID: 0033247963     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)7:6<197::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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