Late pliocene Homo and Oldowan tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar member), Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-561

  Kimbel, W H ^a   Walter, R C ^a   Johanson, D C ^a   Reed, K E ^a   Aronson, J L ^b   Assefa, Z ^c   Marean, C W ^c   Eck, G G ^d   Bobe, R ^d   Hovers, E ^e   Rak, Y ^a,f   Vondra, C ^g   Yemane, T ^g   York, D ^h   Chen, Y ^h   Evensen, N M ^h   Smith, P E ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 16144369497     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0079     Document Type: Article

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