Abstract
Faunal and temporal relationships of the early hominid sites at Fort Ternan and in North India further support the morphological evidence that “Kenyapithecus” from Fort Ternan ought to continue in the synonymy of Ramapithecus.
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SIMONS, E. Late Miocene Hominid from Fort Ternan, Kenya. Nature 221, 448–451 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221448a0
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