Lower Paleolithic hominin ecology at the fringe of the desert: Faunal remains from Bizat Ruhama and Nahal Hesi, Northern Negev, Israel.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Human Evolution

• Publication date

  2011-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.01.008PMID 20303144
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