The effects of mortality, subsistence, and ecology on human adult height and implications for Homo evolution

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2012, Pages

  Migliano, Andrea Bamberg ^a   Guillon, Myrtille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871453293     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667694     Document Type: Article

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