Too many ancestors

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 291, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Whitley, James ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestors; British preh.story; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013294121     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089870     Document Type: Review

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