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The expansion of grassland ecosystems in Africa in relation to mammalian evolution and the origin of the genus Homo
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Metadata
- Authors
- BOBE, R.
- Venue
- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 207
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 399-420
- ISSN
- 0031-0182 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2108676600
- Cited by
- 398
- References
- 80
- FWCI
- 59.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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