Evidence for the earliest Pleistocene hominid activity in the Nihewan Basin of northern China

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 408-417

  Keates, Susan G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77956061452     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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