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The Paleolithic of the Iranian Plateau

Hominin occupation history and implications for human dispersals across southern Asia

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ID9401005
AuthorsMohammad Javad Shoaee (0000-0002-8894-0229, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, corresponding author), Hamed Vahdati Nasab (0000-0002-9651-5871, Tarbiat Modares University), M D Petraglia (0000-0003-2522-5727, Griffith University)
Year2021
Volume62
Pages101292-101292
Publication date2021-03-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Anthropological Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0278-4165 • E-ISSN: 1090-2686
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101292
OpenAlexW3139459599
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited124

Acheulean · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Biological evolution · Biology · China · East Asia · Geography · Hominidae · Homo sapiens · Human evolution · Middle Paleolithic · Middle Stone Age · Paleoanthropology · Plateau (mathematics · Pleistocene · Prehistory · Stone Age · Stone tool · Upper Paleolithic · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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