A new research strategy for integrating studies of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and paleoanthropology

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 62-72

  Marean, Curtis W ^a,b   Anderson, Robert J ^c,d   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^e   Braun, Kerstin ^e   Cawthra, Hayley C ^f   Cowling, Richard M ^b   Engelbrecht, Francois ^g   Esler, Karen J ^h   Fisher, Erich ^a   Franklin, Janet ⁱ   Hill, Kim ^a   Janssen, Marco ^j   Potts, Alastair J ^b   Zahn, Rainer ^k  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Branch Fisheries   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^f Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^g CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment   (South Africa)

^h STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j School of Human Evolution and Social Change   (United States)

^k INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Agent based model; Behavioral ecology; Foraging theory; Paleoanthropology; Paleoclimates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84928263772     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21443     Document Type: Article

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