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Nature 415, 463 (31 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415463a

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Survey overlap impedes fossil hunters' study

Rex Dalton

A dispute is simmering between American- and Italian-led teams over access to one of the world's most promising hominid fossil fields.The two groups are each feeling their way through research regulations in the East African state of Eritrea, which gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and has since been attempting to open up its rich cultural heritage to scientific investigation.