The transition from the Lower to the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe and the incorporation of difference

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 312, 2007, Pages 294-307

  Hopkinson, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo neanderthalensis; Levallois; Lower Palaeolithic; Middle Palaeolithic; Neanderthal; Patch theory

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 34250732226     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00095181     Document Type: Article

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