The oldest hand-axes in Europe

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7260, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Scott, Gary R ^a   Gibert, Luis ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAGNET; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PALEOLITHIC; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 69949104483     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08214     Document Type: Article

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