Hominid dispersals and Asian biogeography during the Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene, c. 2.0-0.5 Mya

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-226

  Dennell, Robin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Colonization; Hominid dispersals; Ice ages; Loess; Lower Pleistocene; Middle Pleistocene; Monsoon; Movius line

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11844271926     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2004.0018     Document Type: Article

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