The world's oldest stone artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their implications for understanding stone technology and patterns of human evolution between 2.6-1.5 million years ago

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1197-1214

  Semaw, Sileshi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Pre Oldowan"; Early hominids; Early palaeolithic; Gona; Oldest artefacts; Oldowan

Indexed keywords

TOOL USE;

EID: 0034473526     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0592     Document Type: Article

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