The latest straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon)? "Wild elephants" lived 3000 years ago in North China

Quaternary International

Volumn 281, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-88

  Li, Ji ^a   Hou, Yongjian ^a,b   Li, Yongxiang ^c   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; ELEPHANT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPSITHERMAL; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; PALAEOLOXODON;

EID: 84868379320     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.039     Document Type: Article

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