Paleoecology and hominin behavior during Bed I at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-303

  Dominguez Rodrigo M ^a,b   Bunn, H T ^b   Mabulla, A ^c   Baquedano, E ^d,e   Pickering, T R ^a,d  

^a Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Museo Arqueologico Regional   (Spain)

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EID: 78649327007     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.016     Document Type: Editorial

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