Comparison of handaxes from Bose Basin (china) and the western Acheulean indicates convergence of form, not cognitive differences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a   Lycett, Stephen J ^b   von Cramon Taubadel, Noreen ^b   Jin, Jennie J H ^c,d   Bae, Christopher J ^d  

^a Guangxi Museum of Nationalities   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHINA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HANDAXE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STONE AGE; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORY; HOMINID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859837713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035804     Document Type: Article

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