The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-226

  Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^a   Antonio Pérez Claros, Juan ^b   Palombo, Maria Rita ^c   Rook, Lorenzo ^d   Palmqvist, Paul ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

African origin; Bos; Bovini; Pelorovis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRY; OLDUVAI EVENT; RUMINANT;

BISON; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOVINI; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA; PELOROVIS;

EID: 34548143347     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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