Biogeography of Middle Pleistocene hominins in mainland Southeast Asia: A review of current evidence

Quaternary International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Marwick, Ben ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHAO PHRAYA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349086424     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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