A critique of the evidence for scavenging by Neandertals and early modern humans: new data from Kobeh Cave (Zagros Mountains, Iran) and Die Kelders Cave 1 Layer 10 (South Africa)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-136

  Marean, Curtis W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032147729     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0224     Document Type: Article

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