Dryopithecins, darwin, de bonis, and the european origin of the african apes and human clade;Les Dryopithèques, Darwin, de Bonis et l'origine européenne du clade des grands singes d'Afrique et de l'homme

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 789-816

  Begun, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dryopithecus; Hispanopithecus; Hominine origins; Mammalia; New subtribe; Ouranopithecus; Primates; Rudapithecus

Indexed keywords

DRYOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MAMMALIA; OURANOPITHECUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 76249091279     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n4a789     Document Type: Article

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