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Paleoecology and hominin behavior during Bed I at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

M. Domínguez-Rodrigo ,
H.T. Bunn ,
A. Mabulla ,
E. Baquedano  and
T.R. Pickering
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo*
Affiliation:
IDEA (Instituto de Evolución en África), Museo de los Orígenes, Plaza de San Andrés 2, 28005 Madrid, Spain Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
H.T. Bunn
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
A. Mabulla
Affiliation:
Archaeology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35050, Tanzania
E. Baquedano
Affiliation:
IDEA (Instituto de Evolución en África), Museo de los Orígenes, Plaza de San Andrés 2, 28005 Madrid, Spain Museo Arqueológico Regional, Plaza de las Bernardas s/n, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
T.R. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
*
Corresponding author. Department of Prehistory, Complutense University, Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Olduvai Gorge
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Quaternary Research , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , November 2010 , pp. 301 - 303
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University of Washington

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