Brain evolution in females: An answer to mr lovejoy

Women in Human Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-136

  Falk, Dean ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203973103-13     Document Type: Chapter

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