Identifying early modern human ecological niche expansions and associated cultural dynamics in the South African Middle Stone Age

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

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

• Publication date

  2017-07-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1620752114PMID 28739910PMCID PMC5544275
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