Growth, Development, and Life History in Hominin Evolution

A Companion to Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-117

  Kelley, Jay ^a,b   Bolter, Debra ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Modesto College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial capacity; Dental development; Fossil species; Hominin evolution; Miocene hominoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887054863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332344.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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