The Red Sea, Coastal Landscapes, and Hominin Dispersals

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 15-37

  Bailey, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bab al Mandab; Coasts; Farasan Islands; Marine Resources; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironment; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037125749     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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