Research on late Pliocene Oldowan sites at Kanjera South, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-170

  Plummer, Thomas ^a   Bishop, Laura C ^b,e   Ditchfield, Peter ^c   Hicks, Jason ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Fauna; Homa Peninsula; Hominid paleoecology; Isotopic analysis; Kenya; Oldowan; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033081864     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0256     Document Type: Article

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