Bioenergetics and the origin of hominid bipedalism
โ Scribed by Peter S. Rodman; Henry M. McHenry
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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