Limits on tongue deformation - Diana monkey formants and the impossible vocal tract shapes proposed by Riede et al. (2005)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-221

  Lieberman, Philip ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; VOCALIZATION;

CERCOPITHECUS DIANA;

EID: 32044448953     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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