Behavioral complexity and biocultural change in Europe around forty thousand years ago

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-397

  Carbonell, Eudald ^a   Vaquero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 0348194765     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.54.3.3630653     Document Type: Article

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