An Asian perspective on early human dispersal from Africa

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7071, 2005, Pages 1099-1104

  Dennell, Robin ^a   Roebroeks, Wil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS;

PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL HOMININ; PLIOCENE;

ECOLOGY;

FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; INDONESIA; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AFRICA;

EID: 29344452966     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04259     Document Type: Review

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