Compound-adhesive manufacture as a behavioral proxy for complex cognition in the Middle Stone Age

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Wadley, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 77957703050     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649836     Document Type: Article

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