Lucy, thirty years later: An expanded view of Australopithecus afarensis

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-486

  Johanson, Donald C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL;

EID: 14644419617     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.60.4.3631138     Document Type: Review

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