Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]

James, Steven R., Dennell, R. W., Gilbert, Allan S., Lewis, Henry T., Gowlett, J. A. J., Lynch, Thomas F., McGrew, W. C., Peters, Charles R., Pope, Geoffrey G., Stahl, Ann B., James, Steven R.·1989·Current Anthropology

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Authors: James, S. R., Dennell, R. W., Gilbert, A. S., Lewis, H. T., Gowlett, J. A. J., Lynch, T. F., McGrew, W. C., Peters, C. R., Pope, G. G., Stahl, A. B., & James, S. R.
Venue: Current Anthropology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1989-02
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-26
ISSN: 0011-3204 (ISSN-L)
1537-5382
DOI: 10.1086/203705
OpenAlex: W2255586231
Cited by: 296
References: 0
FWCI: 36.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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