Paleoecological patterns at the Hadar hominin site, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-768

  Reed, Kaye E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Paleoecology; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; HADAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 43249095260     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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