Middle and late Pleistocene faunas of Pinnacle Point and their paleoecological implications

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 340-357

  Rector, Amy L ^a,b   Reed, Kaye E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural History Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Fynbos; Mammal communities; Middle Stone Age; Paleoecology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT; MAMMAL; MESOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957667883     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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