The Comparative Biology of “Robust” Australopithecus: Clues from Context

Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 449-483

  White, Tim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203792667     Document Type: Chapter

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