Technological responses of neanderthals to macroclimatic variations (240,000-40,000 BP)

Human Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 287-307

  Bocquet Appel, Jean Pierre ^a   Tuffreau, Alain ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Climate change; Lithic industry; Neanderthals; Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649137541     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.081.0310     Document Type: Article

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