The pygmy chimpanzee is not a living missing link in human evolution

B. M. Latimer; T. D. White; W. H. Kimbel; D. C. Johanson; C. O. Lovejoy

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The pygmy chimpanzee is not a living missing link in human evolution

B. M. Latimer, T. D. White, W. H. Kimbel, D. C. Johanson, C. O. Lovejoy

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Abstract

Phylogenetic reconstruction should incorporate knowledge of the fossil record. Recent suggestions that the pygmy chimpanzee can serve as a living missing link are contra fossil evidence and are rejected.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	475-488
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of human evolution
Volume	10
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2484(81)80094-2
State	Published - Sep 1981
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Australopithecus
Pan paniscus
hominid evolutionary models

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Anthropology

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