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  1. Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637-1614, USA

    Russell H. Tuttle

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    Hidemi Ishida

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  3. Collège de France, Paris, France

    Martin Pickford

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Tuttle, R.H. (2006). Neontological Perspectives on East African Middle and Late Miocene Anthropoidea. In: Ishida, H., Tuttle, R., Pickford, M., Ogihara, N., Nakatsukasa, M. (eds) Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29798-7_16

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