The role of spatial foresight in models of hominin dispersal

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-78

  Wren, Colin D ^a   Xue, Julian Z ^a   Costopoulos, Andre ^a   Burke, Ariane ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Environmental heterogeneity; Hominin cognition; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HOMINID; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898054853     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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