Early modern human settlement of Europe north of the alps occurred 43,500 years ago in a cold steppe-type environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14394-14399

  Nigst, Philip R ^a,b   Haesaerts, Paul ^c   Damblon, Freddy ^c   Frank Fellner, Christa ^d   Mallol, Carolina ^e   Viola, Bence ^a,d   Götzinger, Michael ^d   Niven, Laura ^a   Trnka, Gerhard ^d   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; AUSTRIA; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; AUSTRIA; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907691278     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412201111     Document Type: Article

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