Understanding ancient hominin dispersals using artefactual data: A phylogeographic analysis of acheulean handaxes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Lycett, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN HANDAXES; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; TAXONOMY; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449346609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007404     Document Type: Article

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