Taphonomic bias, taxonomic bias and historical non-equivalence of faunal structure in early hominin localities

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-229

  Soligo, Christophe ^a   Andrews, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; Palaeoenvironments; Plio Pleistocene mammalian faunas; Taphonomy; Taxonomy; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22544442748     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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