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Fossil findings from the Sıcak Çermik fissure ridge-type travertines and possible hominid tracks, Sivas, Central Turkey

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Pages 15-30 | Received 21 Apr 2017, Accepted 14 Nov 2017, Published online: 05 Dec 2017

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