Reconstructing human evolution: Achievements, challenges, and opportunities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 8902-8909

  Wood, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Hominin

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMINID; HISTORY; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID;

PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952327870     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001649107     Document Type: Review

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