Reply to Sandgathe et al.: Neandertal use of fire

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 29, 2011, Pages

  Roebroeks, Wil ^a   Villa, Paola ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COOKING; FIRE; FOSSIL HOMININ; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LATITUDE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PALEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 79961084430     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108129108     Document Type: Letter

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