Synthesis between demic and cultural diffusion in the Neolithic transition in Europe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18669-18673

  Fort, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Fronts; Reaction diffusion; Reaction dispersal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; EUROPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EUROPE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869231837     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200662109     Document Type: Article

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