Persistence hunting by modern hunter-gatherers

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1017-1025

  Liebenberg, Louis ^a  

^a Cyber Tracker Conservation   (South Africa)

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EID: 33751510437     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508695     Document Type: Article

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