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Philip Houghton. People of the Great Ocean: aspects of human biology of the early Pacific. x+292 pages, 51 figures, 35 tables. 1996. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 0-521-47166-4 hardback £ 40 & $ 64.95.

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Peter Bellwood
Peter Bellwood*
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Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University
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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 270 , December 1996 , pp. 999 - 1000
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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