Behavioral and cultural origins of neanderthals: A levantine perspective

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400704916, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Goren Inbar, Naama ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lithic technology; Lower paleolithic; Middle paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044834552     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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