Molar microwear pattern and palaeoecology of ungulates from La Berbie (Dordogne, France): Environment of Neanderthals and modern human populations of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-278

  Merceron, Gildas ^a   Madelaine, Stéphane ^a  

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ABUNDANCE; DIET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BISON PRISCUS; BOVIDAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746803685     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009480600584873     Document Type: Article

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