Last interglacial hominid and associated vertebrate fossil trackways in Coastal Eolianites, South Africa

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 190-207

  Roberts, David L ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human footprints; Last Interglacial; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOOTPRINT; HOMINID; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MESOLITHIC; TRACKWAY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349179959     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802470482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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