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The coming of modern man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. A. J. Gowlett
J. A. J. Gowlett*
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Institute of Prehistoric Sciences & Archaeology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX
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In March 1987, Paul Mellars and Chris Stringer organized a conference in Cambridge on ‘The Origins and Dispersal of Modern Man’. This review, prompted by the conference, gives a viewpoint on the body of ideas currently circulating, based mainly on recent publications by the participants, and some others whose work is too significant to ignore.

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Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 232 , July 1987, pp. 210 - 219
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1987

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