Miocene hominoid craniofacial morphology and the emergence of great apes

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 417-421

  Rae, Todd C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gibbons; Great apes; Mosaic evolution; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; APE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CERCOPITHECUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACE; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MIOCENE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SKULL;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; CERCOPITHECUS; HAPLORHINI; HOMINOIDEA; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATIDAE; PROCONSULIDAE;

EID: 11244249564     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80074-8     Document Type: Article

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