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Title: Should I stay or should I go? The emergence of partitioned land use among human foragers
Award ID(s):
1520308
NSF-PAR ID:
10104546
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
PLOS ONE
Volume:
14
Issue:
7
ISSN:
1932-6203
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e0218440
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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