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Aspects of Hominid Evolution

Variation in early hominin temporal bone morphology and its implications for species diversity

Charles A. Lockwood Department of Anthropology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected]
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William H. Kimbel Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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John M. Lynch Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
Pages 73-77 | Published online: 13 Apr 2010

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