Sivapithecus is east and Dryopithecus is west, and never the twain shall meet

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-64

  Begun, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate change; Europe; Hominid origins

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244487288     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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