Chronology of Late Pleistocene humans in Eurasia: Results and perspectives

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Keates, Susan G ^d   Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a   Burr, George S ^b,c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EUROPE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84873842382     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200047123     Document Type: Article

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