The Miocene Hominoid Radiations

A Companion to Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 397-416

  Begun, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

African late Miocene apes; Fossil ape record; Hominoid radiation; Miocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887086753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332344.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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