Change and variability in Plio-Pleistocene climates: Modelling the hominin response

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3038-3047

  Grove, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Climatic variability; Oldowan; Phenotypic plasticity; Turnover pulse hypothesis; Variability selection hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HOMINID; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

MYA;

EID: 80052276751     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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