An integrated approach to taphonomy and faunal change in the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) and its implication for hominid evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-478

  Alemseged, Zeresenay ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Faunal change; Hominid evolution; Pliocene; Shungura Formation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE; TAPHONOMY;

ETHIOPIA;

BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038544503     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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