How much can cladistics tell us about early hominid relationships?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-219

  Hawks, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecine; KNM WT 17000; Neutral characters; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 5444258246     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10280     Document Type: Article

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