Complex topography and human evolution: The missing link

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 336, 2013, Pages 333-349

  Winder, Isabelle C ^a   King, Geoffrey C P ^a,b   Devès, Maud ^b   Bailey, Geoff N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Bipedalism; Hominins; Kenya; Rift valleys; South Africa; Tectonic landscape; Terrestrialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878242167     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00048985     Document Type: Article

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