New light on the earliest hominid occupation in East Asia

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.5, 2005, Pages

  Xing, Gao ^a   Qi, Wei ^a   Chen, Shen ^b   Keates, Susan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c University Village 701H   (United States)

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EID: 33845739380     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497666     Document Type: Article

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