Hominin-bearing caves and landscape dynamics in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-131

  Dirks, Paul H G M ^a,b   Berger, Lee R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cradle of Humankind; Geomorphology; Hominins; Landscape; Malapa; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; DOLOMITE; FAUNA; FOSSIL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SKELETAL REMAINS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CRADLE OF HUMANKIND WORLD HERITAGE SITE; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; MALAPA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870699557     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.09.012     Document Type: Review

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