Neandertals, Competition, and the Origin of Modern Human Behavior in the Levant

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-187

  Shea, John J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Levant; Middle Paleolithic; Modern human origins; Neandertals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042878232     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10101     Document Type: Review

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