Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

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  2018

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  2018-02-08

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  Geography, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.3390/QUAT1010003
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