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Radiators and big brains in walkie-talkie primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Martin Pickford
Martin Pickford
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Institut de Paléontologie, 75005, Paris, France
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 528 - 529
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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