Neanderthals and modern humans: an example of a mammalian syngameon?

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 281-297

  Holliday, T W ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence times; Hybridization; Modern human origins; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045111010     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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