Ferment in the family tree: Does a frugivorous dietary heritage influence contemporary patterns of human ethanol use?

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-314

  Milton, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES;

EID: 4944241059     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.4.304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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