The first primates: A reply to Silcox et al. (2007)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-328

  Soligo, Christophe ^a   Martin, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Body mass; Carpolestes; Cope's rule; Nails and claws; Plesiadapiforms; Primate origins

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOSSIL RECORD; PRIMATE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34548235469     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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