European Miocene Hominids and the Origin of the African Ape and Human Clade

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-23

  Begun, David R ^a   Nargolwalla, Mariam C ^c   Kordos, László ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dryopithecus; Hispanopithecus; Hominine origins; Intercontinental dispersals; Ouranopithecus; Rudapithecus

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE AND BONES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

DRYOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HYLOBATES; MAMMALIA; OURANOPITHECUS; PAN;

EID: 84856566198     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20329     Document Type: Article

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