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Evidence from the Swartkrans cave for the earliest use of fire
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brain, C. K., & Sillent, A.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1988-12
- Volume
- 336
- Issue
- 6198
- Pages
- 464-466
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2044844121
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 25.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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