Paleoclimate and human evolution workshop

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 161-

  Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^b   Potts, Richard ^c   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^d   Feibel, Craig ^b   Quade, Jay ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d National Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 34447639111     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006eo160008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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