Modern human origins and the evolution of behavior in the later pleistocene record of South Asia

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.5, 2005, Pages

  James, Hannah V A ^a,b   Petraglia, Michael D ^a,b   De Beaune, Sophie A ^c   Dennell, Robin ^d   Kivisild, Toomas ^e   Korisettar, Ravi ^f   Lukacs, John R ^g   Misra, V N ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^h Ganga Park   (India)

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EID: 33846647187     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444365     Document Type: Review

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