The Oldowan industry from Swartkrans cave, South Africa, and its relevance for the African Oldowan

The oldest recognized artifacts at the Swartkrans cave hominid-bearing site in South Africa have long been known to occur in the Lower Bank of Member 1, now dated with the cosmogenic nuclide burial method to ca. 1.8–2.19 Ma. However, the affinities of this industry have been debated due to small sam...

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Published in:	Journal of human evolution Vol. 123; pp. 52 - 69
Main Authors:	Kuman, Kathleen, Sutton, Morris B., Pickering, Travis Rayne, Heaton, Jason L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2018
Subjects:	Bipolar technique Core reduction strategies Lithic technology Oldowan Sterkfontein Swartkrans Oldowan Swartkrans Core reduction strategies Sterkfontein Bipolar technique Lithic technology
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