Early Pleistocene Faunal Connections Between Africa and Eurasia: An Ecological Perspective

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190355, 2010, Pages 183-205

  Belmaker, Miriam ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Long distance dispersal; Mediterranean woodland; Savanna; Southern Levant; Ubeidiya

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045855521     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9036-2_12     Document Type: Chapter

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