A single southern exit of modern humans from Africa: Before or after Toba?

Quaternary International

Volumn 258, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-99

  Oppenheimer, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DNA; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84859270675     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.049     Document Type: Article

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