Cerebral Asymmetry and Human Uniqueness

Special Topics in Primatology

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

evolution of brain; FOXP2; gestural origins; human handedness; language

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149144056     PISSN: 19368526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05001-4     Document Type: Review

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