On the pleistocene population history in the japanese archipelago

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S539-S552

  Nakazawa, Yuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85037661289     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/694447     Document Type: Article

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