Homo floresiensis and the African Oldowan

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402090592, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Moore, Mark W ^a   Brumm, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hominin cognition; Liang Bua; Mata Menge; Stone tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995778922     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9060-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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