Human evolution and the chimpanzee referential doctrine

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-138

  Sayers, Ken ^a   Raghanti, Mary Ann ^b   Lovejoy, C Owen ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardipithecus; Australopithecus; brain; Gorilla; human origins; Pan; primate behavior

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIPEDALISM; BRAIN; COMMON ANCESTRY; COMMUNICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARDIPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84873311857     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145815     Document Type: Article

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