The environmental context of functional body hair loss in hominids (a reply to Amaral, 1996)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-371

  Wheeler, Peter E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0043040853     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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