Speculations about the effects of fire and lava flows on human evolution

Fire Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-23

  Medler, Michael J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Human evolution; Lava flows

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; KENYA; OLDUVAI GORGE; RIFT VALLEY; TANZANIA;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 79955145323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0701013     Document Type: Article

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