The small mammals of Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Spain) and the first entrance of Homo in Western Europe

Quaternary International

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-35

  Cuenca Bescós, Gloria ^a   Rofes, Juan ^a,f   López García, Juan Manuel ^b,c   Blain, Hugues Alexandre ^b,c   Rabal Garcés, Raquel ^a   Sauqué, Victor ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^d   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^e   Carbonell, Eudald ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAVE DEPOSIT; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOOL USE;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SIMA DEL ELEFANTE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARVICOLA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; CROCIDURA; ELIOMYS; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; FISSIDENS; GALEMYS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS; NANUS; ORYCTOLAGUS; PISCES; REPTILIA; RHINOLOPHUS; RODENTIA; SCIURUS SP.; SOREX; SORICIDAE; TALPA; TALPA EUROPAEA; TALPIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876700808     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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