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Modern Human Origin and Dispersal – Review of J. F. Hoffecker. Modern Humans – Their African Origin and Global Dispersal. 2018. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN: 9780231160766; 506 pages, with 59 illustrations, 23 tables, 23 boxes. (Imaged used with permission by Columbia University Press.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Susan G. Keates*
Affiliation:
independent researcher, 40239 Düsseldorf, Germany. Email: anthres15@yahoo.com.

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