Comparisons of tooth size and morphology between the late Miocene hominoids from Lufeng and Yuanmou, China, and their implications

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-77

  Liu, Wu ^a   Zheng, Liang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Provincial Institute of Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Hominoids; Lufeng; Lufengpithecus; Teeth and diet; Yuanmou

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244446133     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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