Human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1997-1998 excavations)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 755-765

  Grine, Frederick E ^a   Henshilwood, Christopher S ^a,b   Sealy, Judith C ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blombos Cave; Human fossils; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

STONE AGE;

BLOMBOS CAVE; CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034116344     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0379     Document Type: Article

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