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Human reactions to the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in Greater Australia: a summary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James F. O'Connell  and
Jim Allen
James F. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112, USA
Jim Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3083, Australia
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Abstract

In this concluding discussion the editors explore and summarize issues in the human story of the book's Transitions.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 265 , 1995 , pp. 855 - 862
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995

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