Human display and dispersal: A case study from biotidal Britain in the middle and upper Pleistocene

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 144-156

  Gamble, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotidal zone; Display adaptation; Hominin dispersal; Palaeolithic archeology; Refugium

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149110448     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20209     Document Type: Article

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