New evidence for early presence of hominids in North China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ao, Hong ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^b   Wei, Qi ^c   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Xiao, Guoqiao ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84882683755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02403     Document Type: Article

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