Current research on the late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-150

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^g Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Early Stone Age; Kanam; Kanjera; Kenya; Lithostratigraphy; Paleontology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Rawi

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033082015     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0255     Document Type: Article

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