Nonlinear detection of paleoclimate-variability transitions possibly related to human evolution
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Nonlinear detection of paleoclimate-variability transitions possibly related to human evolution.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117052108