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Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains
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“…significantly to the evolution in mammals of neural structures for detecting and avoiding them, and these structures associated snakes with fear (Isbell 2006, pp. 1–35; LoBue et al. 2010, pp. 375–79; Deloache and Lobue 2009, pp. 201–7; LoBue and DeLoache 2008, pp. 284–89; Keil 2013, pp.…”
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- Authors
- Isbell, L. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Human Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-07
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-35
- ISSN
- 0047-2484 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2149912813
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 26
- FWCI
- 14.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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