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An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brown, K. S., Marean, C. W., Jacobs, Z., Schoville, B. J., Oestmo, S., Fisher, E. C., Bernatchez, J., Karkanas, P., & Matthews, T.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 491
- Issue
- 7425
- Pages
- 590-593
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2043312126
- Cited by
- 317
- References
- 39
- FWCI
- 115.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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