Design of the mandibular molar in the extant great apes and miocene fossil hominoids

Anthropological Science

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 119-126

  Uchida, Akiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cusp area; Great apes; Miocene hominoids; Molar morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644451239     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.106.supplement_119     Document Type: Article

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