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In Search of the Neanderthals: Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 95 - 119
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1994

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