Mobility, competition, and Plio-Pleistocene hominid foraging groups

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-98

  Jeffrey Brantingham, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bed I Olduvai Gorge; Carnivore behavior; Early hominid behavior; Interspecific competition; Koobi Fora; Mobility; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083989     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02428416     Document Type: Article

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