Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Berger, Lee R ^a   Hawks, John ^a,b   Dirks, Paul H G M ^a,c   Elliott, Marina ^a   Roberts, Eric M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FOSSIL; HAWK; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; RELATIVE; SAVANNA; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVOR; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOMINID; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85019601465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.24234     Document Type: Article

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