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Metabolic costs and evolutionary implications of human brain development

Harry T. Chugani, Lawrence I. Grossman, Patrick R. Hof, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Nicholas Lange, William R. Leonard, Leonard Lipovich, Otto Muzik, Chet C. Sherwood, Derek E. Wildman

Kind
Journal Article
Date
August 25, 2014
Publisher
PNAS
Retrieved
Aug 27, 2014
Via
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1323099111

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