Unexpected technological heterogeneity in northern Arabia indicates complex Late Pleistocene demography at the gateway to Asia.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Human Evolution

• Publication date

  2014-10-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Geology, History

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.07.002PMID 25110207
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