Pedogenic carbonate stable isotopic evidence for wooded habitat preference ofearly Pleistocene tool makers in the Turkana Basin

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-78

  Quinn, Rhonda L ^a,b   Lepre, Christopher J ^b,c   Feibel, Craig S ^b   Wright, James D ^b   Mortlock, Richard A ^b   Harmand, Sonia ^d   Brugal, Jean Philip ^e   Roche, Hélène ^d  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Paleolithic archaeological sites; Pleistocene East Africa; Savanna environments

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HOMINID; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; SAVANNA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

TURKANA BASIN;

ANIMALIA; PARANTHROPUS;

EID: 84879149656     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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