Carnivoran Dispersal Out of Africa During the Early Pleistocene: Relevance for Hominins?

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190355, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Lewis, Margaret E ^a   Werdelin, Lars ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crocuta; Guild; Kleptoparasitism; Machairodont; Megantereon; Pachycrocuta; Sabertooth; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015811025     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9036-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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