Occupying new lands: Global migrations and cultural diversification with particular reference to Australia

Paleoamerican Odyssey

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Hiscock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Australia; Colonization; Out of Africa; Sahul

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945351954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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