Neanderthal cooking and the costs of fire

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S329-S336

  Henry, Amanda G ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 85028685757     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692095     Document Type: Article

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