Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Roach, Neil T ^a,b   Hatala, Kevin G ^c,d   Ostrofsky, Kelly R ^d   Villmoare, Brian ^e   Reeves, Jonathan S ^d   Du, Andrew ^d   Braun, David R ^d   Harris, John W K ^f   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^g   Richmond, Brian G ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA;

EID: 84970984293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26374     Document Type: Article

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