Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai Bed-I (Pleistocene, Tanzania)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-172

  Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^a,b   Denys, Christiane ^a,c   Andrews, Peter ^d   Williams, Terry ^d   Dauphin, Yanicke ^e   Humphrey, Louise ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Environment; Olduvai; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Small mammal taphonomy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RODENT; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY; RODENTIA; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032004206     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0188     Document Type: Article

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