Coasting out of Africa: The potential of mangrove forests and marine habitats to facilitate human coastal expansion via the Southern Dispersal Route

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-41

  Erlandson, Jon M ^a   Braje, Todd J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; GIS; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AFRICA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84941809118     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.046     Document Type: Article

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