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  1. Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

    Sultan Muhesen (Director-General of Antiquities and Museums)

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  2. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kenichi Aoki

  3. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Ofer Bar-Yosef

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Muhesen, S. (2002). The Earliest Paleolithic Occupation in Syria. In: Akazawa, T., Aoki, K., Bar-Yosef, O. (eds) Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47153-1_7

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