The African emergence and early Asian dispersals of the genus Homo

American Scientist

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 538-551

  Larick, Roy ^a   Ciochon, Russell L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b E11 SSH

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNAL DISPERSAL; HOMO; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0030437326     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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