The evolutionary context of the first hominins

Bernard Wood; Terry Harrison

doi:10.1038/nature09709

The evolutionary context of the first hominins

Bernard Wood, Terry Harrison

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Abstract

The relationships among the living apes and modern humans have effectively been resolved, but it is much more difficult to locate fossil apes on the tree of life because shared skeletal morphology does not always mean shared recent evolutionary history. Sorting fossil taxa into those that belong on the branch of the tree of life that leads to modern humans from those that belong on other closely related branches is a considerable challenge.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	347-352
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	470
Issue number	7334
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09709
State	Published - Feb 17 2011

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