Recent paleoanthropological excavations of In Situ deposits at Makapansgat, South Africa - A first report

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 43-57

  Crawford, Tafline ^a   McKee, Jeffrey ^b   Kuykendall, Kevin ^c   Latham, Alf ^d   Conroy, Glenn C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. africanus; Australopithecine; Excavations; Makapansgat

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEONTOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 8644261488     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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