Passive dispersal versus strategic dispersal in island colonization by hominins

Current Anthropology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 590-595

  Leppard, Thomas P ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

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EID: 84940492191     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682325     Document Type: Article

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