The Quaternary boundary: 1.8 or 2.6 millions years old? Contributions of early Homo

Quaternaire

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Prat, Sandrine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cladistic; Early Homo; Quaternary; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CLADISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PALEONTOLOGY; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS;

EID: 34247577726     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.1313     Document Type: Article

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