How did hominins adapt to ice age Europe without fire?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S278-S287

  Dibble, Harold L ^a,b,c   Abodolahzadeh, Aylar ^a   Aldeias, Vera ^c,d   Goldberg, Paul ^e,f,g   McPherron, Shannon P ^c   Sandgathe, Dennis M ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e USA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85029502369     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692628     Document Type: Article

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