Lucy's back: Reassessment of fossils associated with the A.L. 288-1 vertebral column

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-180

  Meyer, Marc R ^a   Williams, Scott A ^b,c   Smith, Michael P ^d   Sawyer, Gary J ^d  

^a Chaffey College   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Human evolution; Paleoanthropology; Spinal column; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; SKELETON; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMO; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84937969666     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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