Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens

Basics in Human Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 177-192

  Holt, Brigitte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802652-6.00013-X     Document Type: Chapter

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