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The Search for the Earliest Modern Europeans

A Comparison of the Es-Skhul 1 and Krapina 1 Juveniles

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Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia

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Minugh-Purvis, N. (2002). The Search for the Earliest Modern Europeans. In: Akazawa, T., Aoki, K., Bar-Yosef, O. (eds) Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47153-1_21

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