New Fossil Primate from Sterkfontein, South Africa
- Book ID
- 109534942
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1940
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 146
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/146489a0
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