The origin of symbolic behavior of middle palaeolithic humans: Recent controversies

Quaternary International

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 2014, Pages 398-405

  Burdukiewicz, Jan Michał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

AFRICA; EURASIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84897034851     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.042     Document Type: Article

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