Analyzing hominin phylogeny: Cladistic approach

Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1989-2014

  Strait, David ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^b,c   Fleagle, John G ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39979-4_58     Document Type: Chapter

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