Patterns of molar variation in great apes and their implications for hominin taxonomy

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 9-32

  Pilbrow, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gorilla; models; molar metrics; Pan; Pongo

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956202101     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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