Pleistocene homo and the updated stone age sequence of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 109, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages

  Dusseldorp, Gerrit ^a   Lombard, Marlize ^a   Wurz, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Homo; Pleistocene; South Africa; Stone Age sequence

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; HIATUS; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879325385     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2013/20120042     Document Type: Review

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