Early hominid stone tool production and technical skill 2.34 Myr ago in West Turkana, Kenya

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6731, 1999, Pages 57-60

  Roche, H ^a   Delagnes, A ^a   Brugal, J P ^b   Felbel, C ^c   Kibunjla, M ^d   Mourre, V ^a   Texler, P J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLIOCENE; TOOL USE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; KENYA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA;

EID: 0033529069     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19959     Document Type: Article

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