The age of discovery
Unearthing humanity’s origin story
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- ISBN: 978-1-922212-83-2
- Extent: 264pp
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Michael Petraglia
Michael Petraglia is Director of theAustralian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University. From 2001 to 2016 he taught at the universities of...
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