An earlier origin for the Acheulian

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7362, 2011, Pages 82-85

  Lepre, Christopher J ^a,b   Roche, Hélène ^c   Kent, Dennis V ^a,b   Harmand, Sonia ^c   Quinn, Rhonda L ^b,d   Brugal, Jean Philippe ^e   Texier, Pierre Jean ^f   Lenoble, Arnaud ^f   Feibel, Craig S ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^d SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LITHIFICATION; PREHISTORIC; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACHEULIAN; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSIL HOMINID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; OLDOWAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE AGE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 80052409296     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10372     Document Type: Article

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