Assessment of the Southern Dispersal: GIS-based analyses of potential routes at oxygen isotopic stage 4

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-45

  Field, Julie S ^a   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastlines; Dispersals; Modern humans; Out of Africa; Routes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; HOMINID; MIGRATION ROUTE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 33646927212     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-005-9000-6     Document Type: Article

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