Dynamic landscapes and human dispersal patterns: Tectonics, coastlines, and the reconstruction of human habitats

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1533-1553

  Bailey, Geoffrey N ^a   King, Geoffrey C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CULTURAL CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL FORCING; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; GEOPHYSICAL PROCESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN FOSSILS; HUMAN HABITATS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SELECTED EXAMPLES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTIFACT; CLIMATE FORCING; CULTURAL CHANGE; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAULTING; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOPHYSICS; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURVIVAL; TECTONICS; VOLCANOLOGY;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79957642577     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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