Energetic and nutritional constraints on infant brain development: implications for brain expansion during human evolution.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Human Evolution

• Publication date

  2014-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.001PMID 24928072
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