A new cultural frontier for the last Neanderthals: The Uluzzian in northern Italy

Current Anthropology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 725-731

  Peresani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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EID: 53549114177     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588540     Document Type: Article

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