Early primate evolution in Afro-Arabia

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 239-253

  Seiffert, Erik R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TOOTH;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARABIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TOOTH;

ADAPIFORMES; BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EUTHERIA; GIRAFFIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROCAVIIDAE; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84871577085     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21335     Document Type: Article

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