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Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

Michael Petraglia, Christopher Clarkson, Nicole Boivin, Michael Haslam, Ravi Korisettar, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Peter Ditchfield, Dorian Fuller, Hannah James, Sacha Jones, Toomas Kivisild, Jinu Koshy, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Mait Metspalu, Richard Roberts, and Lee Arnold
PNAS July 28, 2009 106 (30) 12261-12266; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810842106
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vol. 106 no. 30 12261-12266
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810842106
PubMed: 
19620737

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue July 28, 2009.
  • Published first July 20, 2009.

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  1. Michael Petragliaa,b,1,
  2. Christopher Clarksonc,
  3. Nicole Boivina,
  4. Michael Haslama,
  5. Ravi Korisettard,
  6. Gyaneshwer Chaubeye,f,
  7. Peter Ditchfielda,
  8. Dorian Fullerg,
  9. Hannah Jamesh,
  10. Sacha Jonesi,
  11. Toomas Kivisildh,
  12. Jinu Koshyd,
  13. Marta Mirazón Lahrh,
  14. Mait Metspaluf,
  15. Richard Robertsj and
  16. Lee Arnoldj
  1. aResearch Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom;
  2. bHuman Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560;
  3. cSchool of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia;
  4. dDepartment of History and Archaeology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, India;
  5. eCentre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India;
  6. fDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, 51010 Tartu, Estonia;
  7. gInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom;
  8. hLeverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QH, United Kingdom;
  9. iMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, United Kingdom; and
  10. jGeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia

Footnotes

  • 1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: michael.petraglia{at}rlaha.ox.ac.uk
  • Edited by James F. O'Connell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and approved May 27, 2009

  • Author contributions: M.P., N.B., and R.K. designed research; C.C., M.H., G.C., P.D., D.F., H.J., S.J., T.K., J.K., M.M.L., M.M., R.R., and L.A. performed research; and M.P., C.C., N.B., M.H., D.F., and T.K. wrote the paper.

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Apr 2013823926
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Apr 2014791937
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Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago
Michael Petraglia, Christopher Clarkson, Nicole Boivin, Michael Haslam, Ravi Korisettar, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Peter Ditchfield, Dorian Fuller, Hannah James, Sacha Jones, Toomas Kivisild, Jinu Koshy, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Mait Metspalu, Richard Roberts, Lee Arnold
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jul 2009, 106 (30) 12261-12266; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810842106

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Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago
Michael Petraglia, Christopher Clarkson, Nicole Boivin, Michael Haslam, Ravi Korisettar, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Peter Ditchfield, Dorian Fuller, Hannah James, Sacha Jones, Toomas Kivisild, Jinu Koshy, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Mait Metspalu, Richard Roberts, Lee Arnold
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jul 2009, 106 (30) 12261-12266; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810842106
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