Tooth wear difference between the Yuanmou hominoid and Lufengpithecus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 491-506

  Liu, Wu ^a   Zheng, Liang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Provincial Institute of Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Lufengpithecus; Tooth wear; Yuanmou hominoid

Indexed keywords

TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YUNNAN;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

EID: 17444422547     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-2935-8     Document Type: Article

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