Out of Africa, the nile valley and the northern route

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 196, 2012, Pages 168-179

  Wurz, Sarah ^a,b   Van Peer, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human fossil remains; Human migrations; Lithic technology; Middle Stone Age; Nile Valley; Out of Africa theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876188343     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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