A clue to the Asian origin of euprimates

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Ni, Xijun ^a   Hu, Yaoming ^a,b,c   Wang, Yuanqing ^a   Li, Chuankui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian origin; Euprimate; Omomyid; Teilhardina

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244466396     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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