Rethinking Primate Origins Again

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-106

  Sussman, Robert W ^a   Tab Rasmussen, D ^a   Raven, Peter H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Coevolution; Plesiadapiformes; Primate diets; Stereoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MARSUPIAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; PRIMATES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METATHERIA; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84871363912     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22096     Document Type: Review

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