Patterns of change in the Plio-Pleistocene carnivorans of eastern Africa: Implications for hominin evolution

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402030970, 2007, Pages 77-105

  Lewis, M E ^a   Werdelin, L ^b  

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

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Hominins; Large Carnivore; Species Richness; Stone Tool; Vertebrate Paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045980407     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3098-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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