The ecology of Australopithecus anamensis in the early Pliocene of Kanapoi, Kenya.

@article{Bobe2020TheEO,
  title={The ecology of Australopithecus anamensis in the early Pliocene of Kanapoi, Kenya.},
  author={Ren{\'e} Bobe and Fredrick Kyalo Manthi and Carol V. Ward and J. Michael Plavcan and Susana Carvalho},
  journal={Journal of human evolution},
  year={2020},
  pages={
          102717
        }
}
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