Phenetic Affinities of Plio-Pleistocene Homo Fossils from South Africa: Molar Cusp Proportions

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402099793, 2009, Pages 49-62

  Grine, Frederick E ^a   Smith, Heather F ^b   Heesy, Christopher P ^c   Smith, Emma J ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Drimolen; Homo erectus; Homo habilis; Molar morphology; South Africa; Sterkfontein; Swartkrans; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903744603     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9980-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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