Bovids as indicators of Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments in East Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 229-256

  Kappelman, John ^a   Plummer, Tom ^b   Bishop, Laura ^c   Duncan, Alex ^a   Appleton, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovids; Hominids; Koobi fora; Olduvai; Plio pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

BOVID; FOSSIL MAMMAL; HOMINID; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; RUMINANTS;

KENYA, KOOBI FORA; TANZANIA, OLDUVAI GORGE;

EID: 0031064119     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0105     Document Type: Article

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