A review of some attacks on the overkill hypothesis, with special attention to misrepresentations and doubletalk

Quaternary International

Volumn 169-170, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 84-94

  Haynes, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FAUNA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS EXTINCTION; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 34250856806     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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