Toward a scientific-realistic theory on the origin of human behavior

Stone Tools and Fossil Bones: Debates in the Archaeology of Human Origins

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-44

  Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139149327.002     Document Type: Chapter

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