Eurasian gates: The earliest human dispersals

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-228

  Carboneil, Eudald ^a   Mosquera, Marina ^a   Rodríguez, Xosé Pedro ^a   De Castro, José María Bermúdez ^b   Burjachs, Francesc ^a,c   Rosell, Jordi ^a   Sala, Robert ^a   Vallverdú, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Eurasia; Generalist diet; Hominin dispersals; Socialization of technology; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949083321     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0064.202     Document Type: Review

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