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Science 21 July 1972:
Vol. 177. no. 4045, pp. 259 - 261
DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4045.259
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Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt

C. S. Churcher 1 and P. E. L. Smith 2

1 Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Département d'Anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

A Late Pleistocene fauna comprising 3 fish, 1 reptile, 22 birds, and 14 mammals is identified from sites containing Sebilian, Sebekian, Silsilian, Menchian, and Halfan industries. It is remarkable for its variety, especially of birds, and gives evidence for year-round occupation of these sites.

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