A carnivorous niche for Java Man? A preliminary consideration of the abundance of fossils in Middle Pleistocene Java

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Storm, Paul ^a,b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carnivorous niche; Homo erectus; Javanese fossils; Middle Pleistocene; Palaeocommunity; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANATOMY; BONE; CARNIVORE; DIET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MEAT; OMNIVORY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO ERECTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858616951     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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