Initial speleothem results from western Flores and eastern Java, Indonesia: Were climate changes from 47 to 5 ka responsible for the extinction of Homo floresiensis?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Westaway, Kira E ^a   Zhao, J X ^b   Roberts, R G ^a   Chivas, A R ^a   Morwood, M J ^a,c   Sutikna, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Indonesian Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Effective precipitation; Homo floresiensis; Human occupation; Palaeoclimate changes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; STEGODON;

EID: 34250827043     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1122     Document Type: Article

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