Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence

Quaternary Science Reviews - Tập 76 - Trang 156-166 - 2013
Samuel T. Turvey1, Haowen Tong2, Anthony J. Stuart3, Adrian M. Lister4
1Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY UK
2Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China
3School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
4Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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