First dated human occupation of Italy at ~0.85Ma during the late Early Pleistocene climate transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 241-252

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a   Scardia, Giancarlo ^b   Kent, Dennis V ^c,d   Morsiani, Enrico ^a   Tremolada, Fabrizio ^e   Cremaschi, Mauro ^a   Peretto, Carlo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e RPS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hominins; Italy; Magnetostratigraphy; Monte Poggiolo; Nannofossil biostratigraphy; Pleistocene climate

Indexed keywords

HOMININS; ITALY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MONTE POGGIOLO; NANNOFOSSIL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAMMALS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TOOL USE;

FRANCE; ITALY; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959713511     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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