Zooarcheological evidence for the faunal exploitation behavior of neandertals and early modern humans

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-37

  Marean, Curtis W ^a   Assefa, Zelalem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early modern humans; Neandertals; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243411     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:1<22::AID-EVAN7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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