Inferring plio-pleistocene Southern African biochronology from facial affinities in Parapapio and other fossil papionins

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-174

  Williams, Frank L'Engle ^a   Ackermann, R R ^b   Leigh, S R ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African cercopithecids; Australopithecus; Dinopithecus; Papio; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHRONOLOGY; FACE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOSSIL; MALE; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH SIZE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECINAE; CHRONOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACIAL BONES; FOSSILS; PAPIO;

EID: 33846541915     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20504     Document Type: Article

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