Domestication Process and Domestic Ungulates: New Observations from Cyprus

The Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 115-128

  Vigne, Jean Denis ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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