Behavioral and Environmental Background to ‘Out-of-Africa I’ and the Arrival of Homo erectus in East Asia

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190355, 2010, Pages 67-85

  Potts, Richard ^a   Teague, Robin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; East Asia; Geographic dispersal; Homo erectus; Nihewan; Paleoenvironment; Plio Pleistocene fauna; Yuanmou

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045856571     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9036-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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