Short overlap of humans and megafauna in Pleistocene Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 163-186

  Gillespie, Richard ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b   Baynes, Alexander ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Australia; Dating; Extinction; Megafauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847411386     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506861     Document Type: Article

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