Neanderthal extinction and modern human behaviour: The role of climate change and clothing

World Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-514

  Gilligan, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clothing; Cold adaptations; Modern human behaviour; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC;

EID: 36549029345     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240701680492     Document Type: Article

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