Selection and use of manganese dioxide by neanderthals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Heyes, Peter J ^a   Anastasakis, Konstantinos ^b   De Jong, Wiebren ^b   Van Hoesel, Annelies ^a   Roebroeks, Wil ^a   Soressi, Marie ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84969531300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22159     Document Type: Article

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