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The first Africans : African archaeology from the earliest tool makers to most recent foragers
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The first Africans : African archaeology from the earliest tool makers to most recent foragers

by Lawrence Barham, Peter Mitchell

This volume synthesises archaeological and scientific evidence of Africa's earliest hominins and hunter-gatherers, analysing human origins, technological evolution, and the impact of environmental change over two and a half million years.

Accession 5078 ISBN 9780521847964 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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