The Evolution of Human Brain and Body Growth Patterns

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 337-345

  Bogin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adulthood; Brain; Childhood; Growth; Infancy; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871445556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00027-6     Document Type: Chapter

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