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The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume III

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This chapter is dedicated to a detailed paleontological description of the medium- to large-sized mammal fauna discovered at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov (GBY), taking into account previous paleontological studies undertaken in this sector of the Dead Sea Rift.

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Rabinovich, R., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Kindler, L., Goren-Inbar, N. (2012). Systematic Paleontology. In: The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume III. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2159-3_4

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