Tracking the Origin and Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Rose, Jeffrey I ^a   Petraglia, Michael D ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersals; Genetics; Holocene; Paleolithic; Quaternary Environments; Refugia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045979263     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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