Mortality analysis of Pleistocene bears and its paleoanthropological relevance

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-326

  Stiner, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bears; Brown bears; Cave bears; Hibernation; Hunting; Mortality analysis; Paleolithic; Pleistocene cave faunas; Scavenging; Spelearctos; Ursus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MORTALITY ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HIBERNATION; HUMANS; MALE; PALEODONTOLOGY; URSIDAE;

EID: 0032030317     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0198     Document Type: Article

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