Locomotor inferences in Pierolapithecus and Hispanopithecus: Reply to Deane and Begun (2008)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Alba, David M ^a,b   Almécija, Sergio ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dryopithecus; Fossil great apes; Hand phalanx; Hominidae; Hominoidea; Locomotion; Paleobiology

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE;

DRYOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 77954217555     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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