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Problems of the Stratigraphy of Quaternary Deposits in the Anui Valley and the Age of the Karama Site in the Altai Mountains

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The controversial problems of stratigraphy, geomorphology, and chronology of the Early Paleolithic Karama site in the Altai Mountains are considered. This work is a response to the article by Ya.V. Kuzmin and A.Yu. Kazansky “Comments on the ‘Debatable Aspects of Initial Human Colonization of Siberia and Age of the Karama Site in the Altai Mountains’” by V.S. Zykin, V.S. Zykina, and L.G. Smolyaninova, published in the journal Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation (2020, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 157–160).

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Zykin, V.S., Zykina, V.S. & Smolyaninova, L.G. Problems of the Stratigraphy of Quaternary Deposits in the Anui Valley and the Age of the Karama Site in the Altai Mountains. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 29, 756–764 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593821060083

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