Climate and Human Evolution

被引：184

作者：

deMenocal, Peter B. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2011年 / 331卷 / 6017期

关键词：

EAST-AFRICA; PLIOPLEISTOCENE; ECOSYSTEMS; NEOGENE; PERIOD; MA;

D O I：

10.1126/science.1190683

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Climate change and its effects on African ecosystems may have played a key role in human evolution.

引用

页码：540 / 542

页数：4

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