The view from the Lincoln Cave: mid- to late Pleistocene fossil deposits from Sterkfontein hominid site, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-271

  Reynolds, S C ^a,b   Clarke, R J ^a,b   Kuman, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cave sites; Early Acheulean; Homo ergaster; Middle Stone Age; Pleistocene fauna

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARTIFACT; CARNIVORE; CAVE SYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CANIDAE; FELIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERGASTER;

EID: 34548230566     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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