The appearance and characteristics of the early upper paleolithic in the Japanese archipelago

Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 289-313

  Izuho, Masami ^a   Kaifu, Yousuke ^b,c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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