Fossil herbivore stable isotopes reveal middle Pleistocene hominin palaeoenvironment in ‘Green Arabia’

@article{Roberts2018FossilHS,
  title={Fossil herbivore stable isotopes reveal middle Pleistocene hominin palaeoenvironment in ‘Green Arabia’},
  author={P. Roberts and M. Stewart and A. Alagaili and Paul S. Breeze and I. Candy and N. Drake and Huw S. Groucutt and E. Scerri and J. Lee-Thorp and J. Louys and Iyad S. Zalmout and Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh and J. Zech and A. Alsharekh and Abdulaziz Al Omari and N. Boivin and M. Petraglia},
  journal={Nature Ecology & Evolution},
  year={2018},
  volume={2},
  pages={1871-1878}
}
  • P. Roberts, M. Stewart, +14 authors M. Petraglia
  • Published 2018
  • Geography, Medicine
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
    • Despite its largely hyper-arid and inhospitable climate today, the Arabian Peninsula is emerging as an important area for investigating Pleistocene hominin dispersals. Recently, a member of our own species was found in northern Arabia dating to ca. 90 ka, while stone tools and fossil finds have hinted at an earlier, middle Pleistocene, hominin presence. However, there remain few direct insights into Pleistocene environments, and associated hominin adaptations, that accompanied the movement of… CONTINUE READING
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