Direct radiocarbon dating of late Pleistocene hominids in Eurasia: Current status, problems, and perspectives

Radiocarbon

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 753-766

  Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a   Keates, Susan G ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84899820210     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/56.16936     Document Type: Article

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