Revised correlation of the Haritalyangar magnetostratigraphy, Indian Siwaliks: Implications for the age of the Miocene hominids Indopithecus and Sivapithecus, with a note on a new hominid tooth

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-515

  Pillans, Brad ^a   Williams, Martin ^b   Cameron, David ^c   Patnaik, Rajeev ^d   Hogarth, Jacob ^e   Sahni, Ashok ^d   Sharma, J C ^f   Williams, Frances ^b   Bernor, Raymond L ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Howard University ^*

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominid; India; Indopithecus; Magnetostratigraphy; Miocene; Sivapithecus

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

HOMINIDAE; SIVAPITHECUS;

EID: 17644365075     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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