Breast milk, diet, and large human brains

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-424

  Robson, Shannen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33747769236     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420910     Document Type: Article

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