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Comment
. 2021 May;593(7857):39-40.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00805-6.

A child's grave is the earliest known burial site in Africa

Louise Humphrey
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A child's grave is the earliest known burial site in Africa

Louise Humphrey. Nature. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anthropology; Archaeology.

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  • Earliest known human burial in Africa.
    Martinón-Torres M, d'Errico F, Santos E, Álvaro Gallo A, Amano N, Archer W, Armitage SJ, Arsuaga JL, Bermúdez de Castro JM, Blinkhorn J, Crowther A, Douka K, Dubernet S, Faulkner P, Fernández-Colón P, Kourampas N, González García J, Larreina D, Le Bourdonnec FX, MacLeod G, Martín-Francés L, Massilani D, Mercader J, Miller JM, Ndiema E, Notario B, Pitarch Martí A, Prendergast ME, Queffelec A, Rigaud S, Roberts P, Shoaee MJ, Shipton C, Simpson I, Boivin N, Petraglia MD. Martinón-Torres M, et al. Nature. 2021 May;593(7857):95-100. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03457-8. Epub 2021 May 5. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33953416

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