The prehistoric colonization of the Americas

Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 433-455

  Salzano, Francisco M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139167222.016     Document Type: Chapter

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