Is early silcrete heat treatment a new behavioural proxy in the Middle Stone Age?
The South African Middle Stone Age (MSA) has in recent years become increasingly important for our understanding of the emergence of 'modern human behaviours'. Several key innovations appeared in this context for the first time, significantly pre-dating their re-invention in the European U...
Main Authors: | Regine E Stolarczyk, Patrick Schmidt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6166942?pdf=render |
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