Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations and human evolution on the southern coastal plain of South Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 506-527

  Compton, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Human evolution; Maghreb; Pleistocene; Sea level; Shelf; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MAGHREB; PLEISTOCENE; SHELF; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALLOPATRY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOODING; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MARINE RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MAGHREB; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952043406     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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