Climate change as a draw bridge between Africa and the Middle East

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-454

  Issar, Arie S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Hominids; Migration

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EN-ROUTE; EQUATORIAL AFRICA; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOMINIDS; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN RACES; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEGEV DESERT;

BIODIVERSITY; LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUATERNARY; SHORE (NONMARINE); SWAMP;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 77957280510     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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