In the footprints of our ancestors: An overview of the hominid track record

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 106-125

  Lockley, Martin ^a   Roberts, Gordon ^b   Kim, Jeong Yul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Sefton Coast Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Holocene; Hominids; Human footprints; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; ICHNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TRACKWAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AVES; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; UNGULATA;

EID: 57349113081     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802467835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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