Palaeoenvironmental change and re-assessment of the age of Late Pleistocene deposits at Die Kelders cave, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 749-753

  Thackeray, J Francis ^a  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE;

DIE KELDERS CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036835219     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0561     Document Type: Article

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