Bone tool use in termite foraging by early hominids and its impact on our understanding of early hominid behaviour

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 71-75

  D'Errico, F ^a   Backwell, L R ^a   Berger, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

HOMINIDAE; ISOPTERA; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0034972532     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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