Climatic variability, plasticity, and dispersal: A case study from Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-47

  Grove, Matt ^a   Lamb, Henry ^b   Roberts, Helen ^b   Davies, Sarah ^b   Marshall, Mike ^b   Bates, Richard ^c   Huws, Dei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulated plasticity hypothesis; Dispersal routes; Evolutionary response to climate; Hominin; Homo sapiens; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ETHIOPIA; HOMINID; LAKE; MIDDLE EAST; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEDIMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ETHIOPIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; LAKES; MIDDLE EAST; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84944111663     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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