The presence of a large cercopithecine (cf. Theropithecus sp.) in the 'Ubeidiya formation (Early Pleistocene, Israel)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Belmaker, Miriam ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecidae; Out of Africa I; Primate biogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 70450242716     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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