Patterns of Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in Europe and northern Asia

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 259, 2007, Pages 287-297

  Stuart, Anthony J ^a,b   Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinctions; Late Quaternary; Megafauna; Northern Eurasia; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS; PANTHERA; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 38349147952     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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