Trees and ladders: A critique of the theory of human cognitive and behavioural evolution in Palaeolithic archaeology

Quaternary International

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-14

  Langbroek, Marco ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLITHIC; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE;

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EID: 84864310476     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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