Cave bear ecology and interactions with pleistocene humans

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 41-58

  Stiner, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown bears; Cave bears; Mediterranean; Mortality; Paleodiet; Pleistocene human bear interactions; Sex ratio; Ursus arctos; Ursus deninger ; Ursus spelaeus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344458251     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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