Identifying and describing pattern and process in the evolution of hominin use of fire

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S360-S370

  Sandgathe, Dennis M ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85029479853     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/691459     Document Type: Article

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