Revisiting the adaptive origins of primates (again)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Silcox, Mary T ^a   Boyer, Doug M ^b   Bloch, Jonathan I ^c   Sargis, Eric J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpolestes; Claws; Nails; Plesiadapiforms; Primate origins

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FOSSIL RECORD; PRIMATE;

PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34548252467     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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