Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 84-89

  Clarkson, Chris ^a,b   Roberts, Richard G ^b,c   Jacobs, Zenobia ^b,c   Marwick, Ben ^c,d   Fullagar, Richard ^c   Arnold, Lee J ^b,e   Hua, Quan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

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EID: 85046023420     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2018.1462884     Document Type: Note

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