Body size, size variation, and sexual size dimorphism in early Homo

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2012, Pages

  Michael Plavcan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84871437394     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667605     Document Type: Article

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