Dental development and upper molar cusp dimensions of South African australopithecines

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-97

  Boccone, Silvia ^a   Cecchi, Jacopo Moggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 85008810799     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359190509520484     Document Type: Article

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