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The Invaders

How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Pat Shipman

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ISBN 9780674975415

Publication Date: 05/15/2017

288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

19 halftones, 4 line illustrations, 2 tables

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Pat Shipman is retired Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University.

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