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. 2009 May 5;106(18):7271-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0903375106. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

Agricultural origins in North China pushed back to the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

Gary W Crawford  1
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Agricultural origins in North China pushed back to the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

Gary W Crawford. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Modern broomcorn millet (P. miliaceum).
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