Habitat preference and paleoecology of australopithecus Boisei in Eastern Africa

Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 343-381

  Shipman, Pat ^a   Harris, John M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203792667     Document Type: Chapter

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