Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record.

@article{Kimbel2006WasAA,
  title={Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record.},
  author={William H. Kimbel and Charles A. Lockwood and Carol V. Ward and Meave G. Leakey and Yoel Rak and Donald Carl Johanson},
  journal={Journal of human evolution},
  year={2006},
  volume={51 2},
  pages={
          134-52
        }
}
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