Extinction of Siwalik fossil apes: A review based on a new fossil tooth and on palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological evidence

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Patnaik, Rajeev ^a   Cameron, David ^b   Sharma, J C ^c   Hogarth, Jacob ^d  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Durham ^*

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction; Hominoid; Palaeoclimatology; Sivapithecus; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244460473     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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