Stable isotope paleoecology of Late Pleistocene Middle Stone Age humans from the Lake Victoria basin, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Garrett, Nicole D ^a   Fox, David L ^b   McNulty, Kieran P ^a   Faith, J Tyler ^d   Peppe, Daniel J ^e   Van Plantinga, Alex ^e,f   Tryon, Christian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human dispersal; Mfangano island; Paleoenvironment; Quaternary; Rusinga island

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MESOLITHIC; MIGRATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; HOMA BAY; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; RUSINGA ISLAND;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; BOVIDAE; DAMALISCUS; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

CARBON; OXYGEN; SOIL;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HUMAN; KENYA; MIGRATION; PALEOLITHIC DIET; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET, PALEOLITHIC; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KENYA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84928702733     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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