Early evidence of the genus Homo in East Asia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1075-1085

  Zhu, R X ^a   Potts, R ^b   Pan, Y X ^a   Yao, H T ^a   Lu L Q ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Gao, X ^c   Chen, L W ^d   Gao, F ^e   Deng, C L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d Geological Museum of China   (China)

^e Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology   (China)

Author keywords

Early hominin migration; Geochronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleoenvironment; Yuanmou Basin

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIGRATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HOMO ERECTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55949131416     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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