Speciosity in the early Homo lineage: Too many, too few, or just about right?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 759-766

  Conroy, Glenn C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Homo; Homo erectus; Human evolution; Speciosity

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036836061     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0596     Document Type: Article

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