The origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on Flores: Biogeographical and ecological perspectives

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-107

  Dennell, Robin W ^a   Louys, Julien ^b   O'Regan, Hannah J ^c   Wilkinson, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flores; Homo floresiensis; Rafting; Sulawesi; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; TSUNAMIS; VOLCANOES;

ENERGETICS MODEL; FLORES; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; NUMBER OF SOURCES; RAFTING; SMALL ISLAND; SULAWESI; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ECOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMMON ANCESTRY; EXTINCTION; HOMINID; MIGRATION ROUTE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; TSUNAMI; VERTEBRATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; BIOENERGETICS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDOCHINA; INDONESIA; JAVA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; STEGODON; TESTUDINIDAE; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 84903537524     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.031     Document Type: Article

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