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Documenting Introductions: The Earliest Evidence for the Presence of Dog (Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758) in the Prehistory of the Balearic Islands

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Pages 422-435 | Received 13 Dec 2012, Accepted 04 May 2013, Published online: 15 Nov 2013

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