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SHIFTING PREY SELECTION GENERATES CONTRASTING HERBIVORE DYNAMICS WITHIN A LARGE-MAMMAL PREDATOR–PREY WEB

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Pleistocene megafauna from eastern Beringia: Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental interpretations of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope and radiocarbon records

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The Late Pleistocene Dispersal of Modern Humans in the Americas

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