Hominid Brain Evolution

A Companion to Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 136-164

  Schoenemann, P Thomas ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil record; Hominid brain evolution; Primate species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887065750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332344.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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