Evidence of early butchery of giant lemurs in Madagascar

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 722-742

  Perez, Ventura R ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^a   Nowak Kemp, Malgosia ^b   Burney, David A ^c   Ratsimbazafy, Jonah ^d   Vasey, Natalia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butchery; Chop marks; Cut marks; Hunting; Madagascar; Pachylemur; Palaeopropithecus; Propithecus; Subfossil lemurs

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRIMATE;

AVES; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; PALAEOPROPITHECUS INGENS; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 29244443678     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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