Sexual selection, timing and the descent of man: A theory of the genetic origins of language

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1079-1114

  Crow, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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