The Earliest Europeans A Year in the Life: Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic

The Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of 'a year in the life': how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive temperatures, seasonality patterns, and avai...

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Language:English
Published: Oxbow Books 2020
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