Plio-Pleistocene climatic change in the Turkana Basin (East Africa): Evidence from large mammal faunas

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-626

  Hernández Fernández, Manuel ^a,b   Vrba, Elisabeth S ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biome; Ethiopia; Kenya; Mammalia; Mammalian communities; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646756216     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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