Human biology and health of african rainforest inhabitants

Hunter-Gatherers of the Congo Basin: Cultures, Histories, and Biology of African Pygmies

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 117-164

  Froment, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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