Reply to Henrich et al.: The Tasmanian effect and other red herrings

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 44, 2016, Pages E6726-E6727

  Vaesen, Krist ^a,b   Collard, Mark ^c,d   Cosgrove, Richard ^e   Roebroeks, Wil ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; LETTER; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; TASMANIA;

EID: 84993945199     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613074113     Document Type: Letter

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