Correction to: 'Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatio-temporal pattern of skeletal evidence for violence in the Jomon period'.
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SUBMITTER: Nakao H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134052 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
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Correction to: 'Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatio-temporal pattern of skeletal evidence for violence in the Jomon period'.
Nakao Hisashi H Tamura Kohei K Arimatsu Yui Y Nakagawa Tomomi T Matsumoto Naoko N Matsugi Takehiko T
Biology letters 20161101 11
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