The first bone tools from Kromdraai and stone tools from Drimolen, and the place of bone tools in the South African Earlier Stone Age

@article{Stammers2018TheFB,
  title={The first bone tools from Kromdraai and stone tools from Drimolen, and the place of bone tools in the South African Earlier Stone Age},
  author={Rhiannon C. Stammers and Matthew V. Caruana and Andy I. R. Herries},
  journal={Quaternary International},
  year={2018}
}
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