The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Copyright © 2005, Paleoanthropology Society. All rights reserved. Published for the PAS by Penn Press University of Pennsylvania The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis William H. Kimbel, Yoel Rak and Donald C. Johanson with a chapter by Ralph L. Holloway and Michael S. Yuan New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 254 pp., hardback. ISBN 0-19-515706
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تاریخ انتشار 2005