Evolution of early Homo: An integrated biological perspective

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2014-07-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1236828PMID 24994657
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