Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene "out of Africa" dispersals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-277

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^b   Howell, F Clark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Dispersal events; Early Pleistocene; Italy; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; VERTEBRATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

HOMO; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 8844269222     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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