Pleistocene human footprints from the Willandra Lakes, southeastern Australia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Webb, Steve ^a   Cupper, Matthew L ^b   Robins, Richard ^c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Footprints; Last glacial maximum; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Willandra Lakes

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WILLANDRA LAKES;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 33644849493     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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