An ecomorphological model of the initial hominid dispersal from Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 773-785

  Anton S C ^a   Leonard, W R ^a   Robertson, M L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; MACACA; MACACA SP.; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 0036929150     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0602     Document Type: Article

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