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Ofer Bar-Yosef
Harvard University
Peabody Museum
Cambridge, MA 02138

Steven L. Kuhn
University of Arizona
Department of Anthropology
Tucson, AZ 85721

Manuel Vaquero
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Area de Prehistória
Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1
43005 Tarragona
Spain

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 16, October 16, 1999, p. 254. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.