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Sally Christine Reynolds is an associate professor in hominin palaeoecology at Bournemouth University in the U.K.

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Matthew R. Bennett is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading and Emeritus Professor at Bournemouth University. A geographer and geomorphologist by training, his passion for landscapes began during a childhood spent exploring the mountains of Snowdonia (Eryri) in North Wales.

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