High-resolution vegetation and climate change associated with Pliocene Australopithecus afarensis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 12125-12129

  Bonnefille, R ^a   Potts, R ^b   Chalie F ^a   Jolly, D ^c   Peyron, O ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOMINID; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PLANTS; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; COLINUS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 4344608501     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401709101     Document Type: Article

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