Implications of Nubian-like core reduction systems in southern Africa for the identification of early modern human dispersals

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Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Will, Manuel ^a   Mackay, Alex ^b   Phillips, Natasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY MODERN PERIOD; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; NORTH AFRICA; NUBIAN (PEOPLE); POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; ROCK; SOUTHERN AFRICAN; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; AFRICA; ARCHEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSIL; MIGRATION;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84938780763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131824     Document Type: Article

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