Poor fossil record and major changes around 1 MaBP

Human Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 51-62

  Aguirre, E ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Ecologic Events; Eurasian Occupation; Homo sapiens; Human Fossil

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042514424     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436234     Document Type: Article

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