Language, brain function, and human origins in the victorian debates on evolution

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-75

  Radick, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034148626     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(99)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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