The World's Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution Between 2·6-1·5 Million Years Ago

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  2000

• Venue

  Journal of Archaeological Science

• Publication date

  2000-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geology

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  DOI 10.1006/JASC.1999.0592
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