Late pleistocene human migrations in china

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S504-S513

  Wang, Youping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85057651492     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/693899     Document Type: Article

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