Forest People: The Role of African Rainforests in Human Evolution and Dispersal

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 117-124

  Mercader, Julio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acheulian; African rainforest archeology; Later stone age; Lupemban; Paleoecology; Sangoan; Site formation

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0141907876     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10022     Document Type: Article

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