Human evolution in late quaternary Eastern Africa

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789401775199, 2016, Pages 215-231

  Mirazón Lahr, Marta ^a   Foley, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African biogeography; Anatomically modern humans; East African prehistory; Marine Isotope Stages; Middle Stone Age; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974702465     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7520-5_12     Document Type: Chapter

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