Human colonization of Asia in the late pleistocene an introduction to supplement 17

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S373-S382

  Bae, Christopher J ^a   Douka, Katerina ^b,c   Petraglia, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85065403514     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/694420     Document Type: Article

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