Mammuthus rumanus, early mammoths, and migration out of Africa: Some interrelated problems

Quaternary International

Volumn 276-277, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-26

  Markov, Georgi N ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAMMOTH; MIGRATION; PALEOECOLOGY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST;

MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 84867645445     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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