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Koobi Fora Research Project , Volume 6 : The Fossil Monkeys
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1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 413 19 Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center, Gothenburg, Sweden 4 CONICET, Centro Nacional Patagonico, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. 5 Facultad de Ciencias Natural...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Geologist
سال: 1862
ISSN: 1359-4656
DOI: 10.1017/s1359465600003208