Variability in traces of Middle Pleistocene hominid behavior in the Kapthurin Formation, Baringo, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 563-580

  McBrearty, Sally ^a   Bishop, Laura ^b   Kingston, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0001214439     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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