Child's play: Reflections on the invisibility of children in the paleolithic record

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 212-216

  Shea, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846675545     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20112     Document Type: Article

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