The challenge hypothesis: Where it began and relevance to humans.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Hormones and Behavior

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.11.008PMID 27856292
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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