The water optimisation hypothesis and the human occupation of the mid-latitude belt in the pleistocene

Quaternary International

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-31

  Finlayson, Clive ^a,b  

^a Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION; NEANDERTHAL; OPTIMIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84878959288     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.040     Document Type: Article

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