Primate homeland: Forests and the evolution of primates during the Tertiary and Quaternary in Asia

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Old World monkeys; Rainforests; Refugia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244493862     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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