Analysis of lithic technology of Lower Pleistocene sites and environmental information in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Quaternary International

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-222

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Hou, Y M ^a,b   Ao, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84876708382     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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