What happened to the human mind after the Howiesons Poort?

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 330, 2011, Pages 1433-1443

  Lombard, Marlize ^a   Parsons, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evolution; Howiesons Poort; Human mind; Projectiles; Southern Africa; Stone Age

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155181569     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00062153     Document Type: Article

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