Paranthropus boisei: Fifty years of evidence and analysis

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2007, Pages 106-132

  Wood, Bernard ^a   Constantino, Paul ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethiopicus; Africa; Boisei; Human evolution; Paranthropus

Indexed keywords

PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI;

EID: 36848998836     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20732     Document Type: Review

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