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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.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Peter Bellwood*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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