A new hominid from the upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6894, 2002, Pages 145-151

  Brunet, Michel ^a   Guy, Franck ^a,b   Pilbeam, David ^b   Mackaye, Hassane Taisso ^c   Likius, Andossa ^a,c   Ahounta, Djimdoumalbaye ^d   Beauvilain, Alain ^d   Blondel, Cécile ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^e   Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a   De Bonis, Louis ^a   Coppens, Yves ^f   Dejax, Jean ^m   Denys, Christiane ^m   Duringer, Philippe ^g   Eisenmann, Véra ^m   Fanone, Gongdibé ^d   Fronty, Pierre ^a   Geraads, Denis ^h   Lehmann, Thomas ^a   Lihoreau, Fabrice ^a   Louchart, Antoine ⁱ   Mahamat, Adoum ^d   Merceron, Gildas ^a   Mouchelin, Guy ^a   Otero, Olga ^a   Campomanes, Pablo Pelaez ^j   De Leon, Marcia Ponce ^k   Rage, Jean Claude ^m   Sapanet, Michel ^l   Schuster, Mathieu ^g   Sudre, Jean ^e   Tassy, Pascal ^m   Valentin, Xavier ^a   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Viriot, Laurent ^a   Zazzo, Antoine ^h   Zollikofer, Christoph ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^d Centre National d Appui à la Recherche   (Chad)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^f Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^j MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

FOSSILS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRANIUM; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENUS; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHAD; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH;

CHAD;

HOMINIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037062935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00879     Document Type: Review

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