Marine diets in the European late Upper Paleolithic: A reply to Bocherens and Drucker (2006)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-444

  Richards, M P ^a,b   Jacobi, R ^c   Stringer, C ^d   Pettitt, P B ^e   Cook, J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MARINE MAMMAL; PALEOLITHIC;

EID: 33748893816     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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