Fossil Orangutan-like hominoid teeth from Late Pleistocene human site of Mulanshan cave in Chongzuo of Guangxi and implications on taxonomy and evolution of orangutan

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3924-3930

  Zhao, LingXia ^a   Wang, CuiBin ^a   Jin, ChangZhu ^a   Qin, DaGong ^b   Pan, WenShi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hominoid tooth; Late pleistocene; Mulanshan cave in Chongzuo of Guangxi; Pongo pygmaeus weidenreichi

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MAMMALIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 71049159573     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0653-x     Document Type: Article

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