Examining time trends in the Oldowan technology at Beds I and II, Olduvai Gorge

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-321

  Kimura, Yuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Developed Oldowan; Early hominids; Oldowan; Olduvai Gorge; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PRIMATE; TIME; TOOL USE;

(EAST); AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERGASTER;

EID: 0036752611     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0576     Document Type: Article

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