Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 16051-16056

  D'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Vanhaeren, Marian ^c   Barton, Nick ^d   Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil ^e   Mienis, Henk ^f   Richter, Daniel ^g   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^g   McPherron, Shannon P ^g   Lozouet, Pierre ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Inrap)   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Institut National Des Sciences De l'Archéologie Et Du Patrimoine   (Morocco)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aterian; Behavioral modernity; Homo sapiens; Nassarius; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOMINID; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PALEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SYMBOLISM; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GASTROPOD; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HOMO SAPIENS; NASSARIUS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GASTROPODA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349479548     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903532106     Document Type: Article

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