Possible change in dental morphology in Gigantopithecus blacki just prior to its extinction: evidence from the upper premolar enamel-dentine junction.
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a Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China b Division of Human Evolution, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan c Guangxi Museum of Nationalities, Nanning 530021, China d Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of human evolution
دوره 75 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014