The endurance running hypothesis and hunting and scavenging in savanna-woodlands.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Journal of Human Evolution

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.JHEVOL.2007.01.012PMID 17720224
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