Diet and food preparation: Rethinking early hominid behavior

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 153-155

  Ragir, Sonia ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034344831     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6505(2000)9:4<153::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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