Continuity of Microblade Technology in the Indian Subcontinent Since 45 ka: Implications for the Dispersal of Modern Humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mishra, Sheila ^a   Chauhan, Naveen ^b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^b  

^a Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; INTERGLACIAL; MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; NEGRO; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIA; TECHNOLOGY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879533862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069280     Document Type: Article

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