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The role of the Panamanian land bridge during the initial colonization of the Americas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Georges A. Pearson
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas, 622 Fraser Hall, Lawrence KS 66045, USA,ftgap@ku.edu georges_pearson@hotmail.com
Richard G. Cooke
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA, 34002-0948, cooker@naos.si.edu
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