Evidence of hominin use and maintenance of fire at Zhoukoudian

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S267-S277

  Gao, Xing ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Chen, Fuyou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85029474567     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692501     Document Type: Article

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