Faunas and paleoenvironments from main archaeological Plio-Pleistocene sites of the Nachukui Formation (West Turkana, Kenya);Faunes et paléoenvironnements des principaux sites archéologiques plio-pléistocènes de la formation de Nachukui (Ouest-Turkana, Kenya)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 675-684

  Brugal, Jean Philip ^a   Roche, Hélène ^a   Kibunjia, Mzalendo ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Paleoenvironments; Plio Pleistocene; Vertebrates; West Turkana

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA;

HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842301352     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2003.09.028     Document Type: Article

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