Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2009-07-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.0810842106PMID 19620737PMCID PMC2718386
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