Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-383

  Blumenschine, Robert J ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b   Njau, Jackson K ^c,d   Bamford, Marion K ^e   Masao, Fidelis T ^f   Albert, Rosa M ^g   Stollhofen, Harald ^h   Andrews, Peter ⁱ   Prassack, Kari A ^a   McHenry, Lindsay J ^j   Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^k   Camilli, Eileen L ^l   Ebert, James I ^l  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stone Age Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^k MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^l Ebert and Associates   (United States)

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Author keywords

Homo habilis; Land use; Landscape paleoanthropology; Oldowan; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; HOMINID; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PALEOECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

HOMO HABILIS; TYPHA;

EID: 84864535562     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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