Did Neanderthals eat inner bark?

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 298, 2003, Pages 709-718

  Sandgathe, Dennis M ^a   Hayden, Brian ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark peelers; Bone tools; Europe; Neanderthal; Palaeolithic; Plant use

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0346963994     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061652     Document Type: Article

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