Insights on the technical competence of the early Oldowan

Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-65

  De La Torre, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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