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44. Hu, Y., Marwick, B., Zhang, J.-F., Rui, X., Hou, Y.M., Chen, W.R., Huang, W.W., Li, B., 2019. Robust technological readings identify integrated structures typical of the Levallois concept in Guanyindong Cave, South China. National Science Review 6, 1096–1099.

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