Did the super-eruption of Toba cause a human population bottleneck? Reply to Gathorne-Hardy and Hartcourt-Smith

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-237

  Ambrose, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDONESIA; LAKE TOBA; SUMATRA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242410908     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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