New Perspectives on the Hominids of the Turkana Basin, Kenya

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 38-41

  Walker, Alan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. aethiopicus; A. afarensis; A. boisei; Australopithecus anamansis; H. eractus; Hominid evolution; Hominid fossils; Homo habllis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO;

EID: 0036964761     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10052     Document Type: Review

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