Risk and opportunity for humans coexisting with large carnivores

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-282

  Treves, Adrian ^a   Naughton Treves, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominids; Leopards; Lions; Modern humans; Predation; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COMPETITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; HOMINIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033103469     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0268     Document Type: Article

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