The relevance of persistence hunting to human evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1156-1159

  Liebenberg, Louis ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endurance running; Foragers; Homo; Hunter gatherers; Persistence hunting; Tracking

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; HUNTING; PERSISTENCE; SOCIAL HISTORY; TRACKING;

EID: 55949084518     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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