A bigger, better brain

American Scientist

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 402-409

  Bearzi, Maddalena ^b   Stanford, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ocean Conservation Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; HOMINID; LACTATION; PREGNANCY;

GALAGO SP.; PAN; PRIMATES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77956517248     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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