Were australopithecines apehuman intermediates or just apes? A test of both hypotheses using the "lucy" skeleton

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Senter, Phil ^a  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecines; Comparison of human and chimpanzee skeletons; Human evolution

Indexed keywords

PAN;

EID: 77649169706     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2010.72.2.4     Document Type: Article

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