Archaeological excavation of wild macaque stone tools

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-138

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Luncz, Lydia ^a   Pascual Garrido, Alejandra ^a   Falótico, Tiago ^a   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^b   Gumert, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; EXCAVATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; DEVICES; FOSSIL; HISTORY; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; THAILAND; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MACACA; TECHNOLOGY; THAILAND; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84969689181     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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