San origins and transition to the later stone age: New research from Border Cave, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 108, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages

  Mitchell, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORIGIN OF LIFE; STONE AGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870044605     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i11/12.1447     Document Type: Short Survey

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