Paleopathology and the origin of agriculture in the Levant
β Scribed by Vered Eshed; Avi Gopher; Ron Pinhasi; Israel Hershkovitz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 744 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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