New cercopithecoids and a hominoid from 12·5 Ma in the Tugen Hills succession, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 75-93

  Hill, Andrew ^a   Leakey, Meave ^b   Kingston, John D ^c   Ward, Steve ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoidea; Hominoidea; Kenya; Miocene; Ngorora; Tugen Hills

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

KENYA; KENYA RIFT VALLEY; TUGEN HILLS;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROCONSUL; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIAPITHECUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; KENYA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CERCOPITHECINAE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

EID: 0036008027     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2001.0518     Document Type: Article

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