Human colonization of Asia in the late pleistocene the history of an invasive species

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S383-S396

  Dennell, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85059354924     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/694174     Document Type: Article

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