Loss of body hair, bipedality and thermoregulation. Comments on recent papers in the Journal of Human Evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-366

  Do Amaral, Lia Queiroz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0042688774     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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