Behavioral differences between Middle and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in the East Mediterranean Levant: The roles of intraspecific competition and dispersal from Africa

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-488

  Shea, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Behavioral differences; Competition; Dispersal; Homo sapiens; Levant; Neandertals; Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049040336     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.401     Document Type: Review

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