Early hominid dispersals: A technological hypothesis for " out of Africa"

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 36-44

  Carbonell, Eudald ^a   Sala Ramos, Robert ^a   Rodríguez, Xosé Pedro ^a   Mosquera, Marina ^a   Ollé, Andreu ^a   Vergès, Josep María ^a   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^a,b   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOMINID; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOCIALISM;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77956064610     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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