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Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution

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David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Daniel DeMiguel, Josep Fortuny, Miriam Pérez de los Ríos, Marta Pina, Josep M. Robles, Salvador Moyà-Solà (2015): Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution. Science 350 (6260): 1-11, DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2625

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