Backed tools in Middle Pleistocene central Africa and their evolutionary significance

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 585-603

  Barham, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backed tools; Central Africa; Lupemban industry; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOL USE;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA;

HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; MATERIALS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 0036833680     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0597     Document Type: Article

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