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A last interglacial fauna from the eastern Sahara

Auteurs :
KOWALSKI, K.
VAN NEER, W.
BOCHENSKI, Z.
M YNARSKI, M.
RZEBIK-KOWALSKA, B.
SZYNDLAR, Z.
GAUTIER, A.
SCHILD, R.
CLOSE, A. E.
WENDORF, F.

Description :
Results of recent work on the middle Paleolithic at Bir Tarfawi, in the hyperarid Eastern Sahara (<1 mm of rain per annum). Fifty-nine taxa have been identified and indicate that at times during the Last Interglaciation the area received at least 500 mm of rainfall as a result of the northward shift of the monsoon belt, and that there may have been water connections between Bir Tarfawi and unidentified but permanent bodies of water elsewhere.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1989, vol. 32, n°. 3, p. 335-341, Références bibliographiques : 17 réf.

Date :
1989

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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