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Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa.

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Cartmill, M
Published in: Evolutionary anthropology
November 2012

When people learn that I study human evolution and we start talking about it, they sometimes ask me, "How long ago did the first humans live?" My answer is usually another question: "What do you mean by 'humans'?" That response seems as baffling and wrong-headed to them as their question seems to me, and it usually takes us a while to straighten things out. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Evolutionary anthropology

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EISSN

1520-6505

ISSN

1060-1538

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

21

Issue

6

Start / End Page

208 / 220

Related Subject Headings

  • Tooth
  • Skull
  • Primates
  • Phylogeny
  • Mammals
  • Humans
  • Fossils
  • Biological Evolution
  • Anthropology, Physical
  • Anthropology
 

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Cartmill, M. (2012). Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa. Evolutionary Anthropology, 21(6), 208–220. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21324
Cartmill, Matt. “Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa.Evolutionary Anthropology 21, no. 6 (November 2012): 208–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21324.
Cartmill M. Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa. Evolutionary anthropology. 2012 Nov;21(6):208–20.
Cartmill, Matt. “Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa.Evolutionary Anthropology, vol. 21, no. 6, Nov. 2012, pp. 208–20. Epmc, doi:10.1002/evan.21324.
Cartmill M. Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa. Evolutionary anthropology. 2012 Nov;21(6):208–220.
Journal cover image

Published In

Evolutionary anthropology

DOI

EISSN

1520-6505

ISSN

1060-1538

Publication Date

November 2012

Volume

21

Issue

6

Start / End Page

208 / 220

Related Subject Headings

  • Tooth
  • Skull
  • Primates
  • Phylogeny
  • Mammals
  • Humans
  • Fossils
  • Biological Evolution
  • Anthropology, Physical
  • Anthropology