An archeological view for the presence of early humans in China

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 10-19

  Hou, Y M ^a,b   Zhao, L X ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956058147     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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