The juvenilized ape myth - Our 'overdeveloped' brain

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  McKinney, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0031892467     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313136     Document Type: Article

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