Refined age estimates and paleoanthropological investigation of the Manyara Beds, Tanzania

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-161

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Schwartz, Hilde L ^b   Giemsch, Liane ^c   Morgan, Leah E ^d   Renne, Paul R ^e,f   Wildgoose, Maya ^g   Saanane, Charles ^h   Schrenk, Friedemann ⁱ   Harvati, Katerina ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LVR Landesmuseum Bonn   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

ⁱ GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Makuyuni; Manyara Beds; Pleistocene; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TANZANIA; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CATTLE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; PALEONTOLOGY; TANZANIA; TIBIA;

EID: 84869223352     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4436/jass.90001     Document Type: Article

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