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Palaeolithic Remains in Upper Egypt

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Excavations along the banks of the Nile have produced finds which indicate that Late Palaeolithic Upper Egypt was technologically less backward than it was thought to be.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

    FRED WENDORF

  2. Department of Geology, University of Cairo,

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WENDORF, F., SAID, R. Palaeolithic Remains in Upper Egypt. Nature 215, 244–247 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215244a0

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