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Palaeoclimate in the Saharan and Arabian Deserts during the Middle Palaeolithic and the potential for hominin dispersals

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ID9315596
AuthorsNick A Drake, Nick Drake (corresponding author), Paul S Breeze (0000-0003-2575-8021), Paul Breeze, Adrian G Parker (0000-0003-2989-7344), Adrian Parker (0000-0003-2436-3730)
Year2012
Volume300
Pages48-61
Publication date2012-12-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternary International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.018
OpenAlexW2043123884
LanguageEN
Citations received63
References cited88

Biological dispersal · Climatology · Geography · Glacial period · Insolation · Last Glacial Maximum · Physical geography · Population · Radiocarbon dating · Range (aeronautics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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