On the importance of coastal areas in the survival of Neanderthal populations during the Late Pleistocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 2246-2252

  Finlayson, Clive ^a,b  

^a Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONES;

ATLANTIC; BLACK SEAS; COASTAL AREAS; CONTINENTAL AREAS; KEY VARIABLES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MIDDLE EASTS; SITE DENSITIES; STRONG CORRELATIONS;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL ZONE; EXTINCTION; FRAGMENTATION; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

AEGEAN SEA; ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949134014     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.033     Document Type: Article

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