Zooarchaeology and the ecology of oldowan hominin carnivory

Evolution Of The Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 167-190

  Blumenschine, Robert J ^a   Poniber, Briana L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Documenting; Paleoenvironmental; Quaternary; Technology; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85201597074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195183474.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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