Palaeoanthropology - Our newest oldest ancestor?

被引:14
作者
Aiello, LC [1 ]
Collard, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UCL, Dept Anthropol, London WC1E 6BT, England
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10.1038/35069164
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
These are exciting times in the study of human origins. But excitement needs to be tempered with caution in assessing the claim of a six-million-year-old direct ancestor of modern humans.
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