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Paleoclimate Variability in the Mediterranean and Red Sea Regions during the Last 500,000 Years

Implications for Hominin Migrations

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ID7740447
AuthorsEelco J Rohling (0000-0001-5349-2158, Australian National University), Katharine M Grant, Katharine Grant (0000-0003-4299-5504, Australian National University), Andrew P Roberts (0000-0003-0566-8117, Australian National University), Juan C Larrasoaña (0000-0003-4568-631X, Australian National University), Juan-Cruz Larrasoaña
Year2013
Volume54
IssueS8
PagesS183-S201
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/673882
OpenAlexW1900009680
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited171

The Mediterranean-Red Sea region has been critical to dispersal of hominids and other species between Africa and the rest of the world, and climate and sea level are thought to be key controls on migration pathways. Assessing climate variations, we highli

Archaeology · Biological dispersal · Biology · Climate change · Climatology · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean sea · Paleoclimatology · Period (music · Physical geography · Population · Sea level · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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