Shells

Palaeobiology II

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 262-264

  Meldahl, K H ^a  

^a MiraCosta College   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Fossils; Homo sapiens; Ice man; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957040246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999295ch.58     Document Type: Chapter

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