Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
received:
12
02
2021
accepted:
29
07
2021
pubmed:
3
9
2021
medline:
5
11
2021
entrez:
2
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pleistocene hominin dispersals out of, and back into, Africa necessarily involved traversing the diverse and often challenging environments of Southwest Asia
Identifiants
pubmed: 34471286
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y
pmc: PMC8443443
doi:
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
376-380Subventions
Organisme : European Research Council
Pays : International
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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