Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Journal of Human Evolution

• Publication date

  2007-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JHEVOL.2007.04.002PMID 17572475
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