Comparing levels of homoplasy in the primate skeleton

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 480-489

  Williams, Blythe A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial; Dental; Homoplasy; Postcranial; Primate skeleton

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DATA SET; DENTITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 34247578504     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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