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. 2009 Jun 16;106(24):9544-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904369106. Epub 2009 Jun 8.

Hafted spears and the archaeology of mind

Thomas Wynn  1
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Hafted spears and the archaeology of mind

Thomas Wynn. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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