Water, plants, and early human habitats in eastern Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1175-1180

  Magilla, Clayton R ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^b   Freeman, Katherine H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROGEN; LAKE WATER;

AFRICA; ALGA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; LAKE SEDIMENT; PLANT; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LAKES; LIPIDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; WATER;

ALGAE;

EID: 84872877212     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209405109/-/DCSupplemental     Document Type: Article

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