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How do we define and deal with culture? Paleolithic archaeologists view even the crudest human-made stone tools as material expression of cultural behavior.
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Haidle, M.N., Conard, N.J., Bolus, M. (2016). The Nature of Culture: Research Goals and New Directions. In: Haidle, M., Conard, N., Bolus, M. (eds) The Nature of Culture. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7426-0_1
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