Paleolandscape variation and early Pleistocene hominid activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie formation, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 747-788

  Potts, Richard ^a,b   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^a   Ditchfield, Peter ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Early hominid behavior; Fluvial deposition; Fossilized bones; Land use; Olorgesailie; Paleoecology; Paleolandscape; Paleosol; Stone tools; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE;

KENYA; KENYA RIFT;

EID: 0033226752     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0344     Document Type: Article

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