The large mammals from Tuozidong (eastern China) and the Early Pleistocene environmental availability for early human settlements

Quaternary International

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-82

  Dong, Wei ^a   Liu, Jinyi ^a   Fang, Yingsan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Nanjing Provincial Museum   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CAVE DEPOSIT; HABITAT USE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

CHINA; DROME; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAINT VALLIER;

HOMO ERECTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876741687     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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