Cenozoic vegetation, climate changes and hominid evolution in tropical Africa

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-411

  Bonnefille, Raymonde ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Cenozoic; Hominids; Palaeoenvironment; Past vegetation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CENOZOIC; HOMINIDS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PAST VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDFORMS; OIL SHALE; TROPICS;

VEGETATION;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASS; HERBIVORE; HOMINID; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOOL USE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

ARDIPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; ORRORIN TUGENENSIS; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

EID: 77957300988     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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