The Lower Paleolithic of the Indian subcontinent

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-78

  Chauhan, Parth R ^a  

^a Stone Age Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Homo; Mode 1; Pleistocene; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049111493     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20199     Document Type: Article

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