Sivapithecus dental specimens from Dhara locality, Kalgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, Siwaliks, Northern India

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 861-868

  Cameron, David ^a,c   Patnaik, Rajeev ^b   Sahni, Ashok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; INDIA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; CUSPID; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 0033252239     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0363     Document Type: Article

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