Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia

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Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia. / Kjærgaard, Peter C.

I: Science in Context, Bind 27, Nr. 2, 29.04.2014, s. 359-383.

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Kjærgaard, PC 2014, 'Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia', Science in Context, bind 27, nr. 2, s. 359-383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269889714000106

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Kjærgaard, P. C. (2014). Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia. Science in Context, 27(2), 359-383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269889714000106

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Kjærgaard PC. Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia. Science in Context. 2014 apr. 29;27(2):359-383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269889714000106

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Kjærgaard, Peter C. / Inventing Homo gardarensis: Prestige, Pressure and Human Evolution in Interwar Scandinavia. I: Science in Context. 2014 ; Bind 27, Nr. 2. s. 359-383.

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