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Early human burials in the western Pacific: evidence for c.3000 year old occupation on Palau

Scott M. Fitzpatrick

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The author reports the oldest human skeletal assemblage found so far in the pacific Islands: at the site of Chalechol Ra Orrak on Palau, Micronesia.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69df4f471113c054a47a11f4 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061664

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