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The evolutionary context of the first hominins.
- Source :
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Nature . 2/17/2011, Vol. 470 Issue 7334, p347-352. 6p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The relationships among the living apes and modern humans have effectively been resolved, but it is much more difficult to locate fossil apes on the tree of life because shared skeletal morphology does not always mean shared recent evolutionary history. Sorting fossil taxa into those that belong on the branch of the tree of life that leads to modern humans from those that belong on other closely related branches is a considerable challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BIOLOGICAL evolution
*FOSSIL apes
*ANIMAL morphology
*ARDIPITHECUS
*PRIMATES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 470
- Issue :
- 7334
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58463701
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09709