The Case for Exploitation of Wetlands Environments and Foods by Pre-Sapiens Hominins

Human Brain Evolution: The Influence of Freshwater and Marine Food Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 137-171

  Stewart, Kathlyn M ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early hominins colonization of new environments; Exploitation of wetlands environments and foods by pre sapiens hominins; Preconditions for encephalization physiological considerations

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EID: 79952363740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470609880.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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