Refuting a myth about human origins

American Scientist

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Shea, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INNOVATION; MUSEUM; PREHISTORIC; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 79952979165     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2011.89.128     Document Type: Article

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